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The Pauling Blog
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A blog devoted to telling the stories of the life and work of Linus and Ava Helen Pauling.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 443 )
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Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Disease: The Roots of Controversy
Caricature of Linus Pauling created by Eleanor Mill and published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1992.[Part 1 of 4]“People are not dying from too much fatty... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2017 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Ilya Prigogine: The Poet of Thermodynamics
[Celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ilya Prigogine]“The attitude of Einstein toward science, for example, was to go beyond the reality... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2017 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Pauling and Asimov: Playful Needling, Mutual Respect
[Part 2 of 2]By the late 1980s, Linus Pauling had expanded his editorial quest with his old friend Isaac Asimov. No longer content to just correct more current... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2017 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Letters to Asimov
Isaac Asimov[Part 1 of 2]If you were to explore Linus Pauling’s extensive personal library, which covers everything from ancient philosophy to the life and time... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2017 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
The Resident Scholar Program at OSU Libraries: Now Accepting Applications
The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) is pleased to announce that applications are once again being... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Remembering Jack Roberts
Jack RobertsOn October 29, 2016, John D. “Jack” Roberts, renowned scientist, professor, and pioneer in organic chemistry, died of a stroke at the age of 98. Read more
Posted on 21 December 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
The Nixon Doctrine and the End of the Vietnam War
An image of the April 24, 1971 March on Washington, as held in the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers. The Paulings participated in a companion march held in Sa... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Sharpening Rhetoric, Sad Conclusions
Flyer for a joint Chomsky-Pauling presentation, Montreal, 1967[Pauling and the Vietnam War, part 6 of 7]As the 1960s moved forward, Linus Pauling’s interest in... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Launching an Offensive Against the War
[Pauling and the Vietnam War, Part 5 of 7]“If President Johnson had to kill – shoot, burn to death – ten Vietnamese women and children every morning before... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Struggling to Find Common Ground
George W. Ball and President Lyndon Johnson, ca. 1965. Image credit: George W. Ball Papers, Princeton University.[Pauling and the Vietnam War, Part 4 of 7]Almos... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Crucial Correspondence
[An examination of Linus Pauling’s activism against the Vietnam War. Part 3 of 7.]“The continuation of the savagery of the Vietnam War is unworthy of the dignit... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Searching for Truth in Times of War
Corliss Lamont[Ed Note: This is part 2 of 7 in our series focusing on Linus Pauling’s activism against the Vietnam War. This is also the 600th post to be... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Pauling and Vietnam: Father Pire’s Appeal for Humanity
Father Georges Dominique Pire with a map and model of refugee villages in Europe.[Ed Note: Today we begin an in-depth examination of Linus Pauling’s activism... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Appeals for Peace in Croatia
The New York Times appeal of January 14, 1992.[Pauling and Yugoslavia, Part 2 of 2]Three years after Linus Pauling’s 1988 visit to Yugoslavia, tensions in the... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Pauling and Yugoslavia
J.D. Bernal, Linus Pauling and an unidentified individual in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1957.[Part 1 of 2]On October 11, 1991, an appeal appeared in The New York... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Dr. Michael Kenny, Resident Scholar
Dr. Michael KennyDr. Michael Kenny, emeritus professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, recently completed a term as... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Life at the Big House
Pauling’s schematic of the Big House at Deer Flat Ranch, April 1964.[The story of Deer Flat Ranch, part 3 of 3]Linus and Ava Helen Pauling stayed in the Old... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Deer Flat Ranch: A Kind of Paradise
Linus Pauling harvesting abalone, 1963.[The story of Deer Flat Ranch: Part 2 of 3]In the years immediately following Linus and Ava Helen Pauling’s purchase of... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
The Story of Deer Flat Ranch
A map of the California coastline pasted by Pauling into one of his research notebooks and annotated to show his property and that of his neighbors. Read more
Posted on 21 September 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE -
Farewell to Balz Frei
Next week, a new school year will start here at Oregon State University. And with it, for the first time since 1997, the Linus Pauling Institute will enter... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2016 HISTORY, SCIENCE