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• A Return to Scientific Theory

  

  [Part 6 of 6 in a series examining Pauling’s association with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions]One of Linus Pauling’s hopes during his time a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• A Study of Unidentified Flying Objects

  

  [Part 5 of 6 in a series examining Pauling’s association with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions]Linus Pauling is often remembered for his... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Triple Revolution

  

  Letter from the Ad Hoc Committee appended to “The Triple Revolution” memorandum, March 22, 1964.[Part 4 of 6 in a series examining Pauling’s association with th... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Pacem in Terris

  

  [Part 3 of 6 in a series examining Pauling’s association with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions]On April 11, 1963, in the wake of the Cuban... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• CSDI: A Platform for Action Merging Science and Peace

  

  The Pauling family assembled prior to Linus Pauling’s Nobel Peace lecture, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1963.[Part 2 of 6 in a series examining Pauling’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

  

  Pauling at his living room press conference, October 1963. Image credit: James McClanahan.[Ed Note: This is part one of a six-post series examining Pauling’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Denham Harman, 1916-2014

  

  Denham HarmanToday we remember Dr. Denham Harman, a colleague and friend of Linus Pauling who passed away last November at the age of 98. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Now Accepting Applications for 2015 Resident Scholars

  

  The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center (SCARC) is pleased to announce that applications are once again being... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• A Christmas Memory

  

  Linus Pauling, Jr.’s first Christmas, 1925.[Recollections on Christmas in the Pauling household, as compiled from an oral history interview with Linus Pauling,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Mervyn Stephenson: Builder of Bridges

  

  Mervyn Stephenson, ca. 1920s.[Part 2 of our examination of the life of Mervyn Stephenson, Linus Pauling’s cousin.]Having completed his schooling in 1919,... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Cousin Merv

  

  Mervyn Stephenson with his three sisters, Condon, Oregon, ca. early 1900s.[Ed. Note: The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections Archives... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Post 500

  

  Linus and Ava Helen Pauling. Angeles National Forest, Thanksgiving Day, 1952.This is the five-hundredth post that we’ve published on the Pauling Blog, and in... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• An Interview with Balz Frei, Director of the Linus Pauling Institute

  

  Balz FreiOregon State University is turning 150 years old in 2018, and already several projects are being developed to mark the occasion. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Globe-Democrat Suit

  

  Linus Pauling’s involvement in the peace movement, and particularly his circulation of what is now know as the United Nations bomb test petition, made him doubl... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Belle Pauling: Hard Times

  

  Belle Pauling, 1910s.Widowed with three kids, Belle Pauling found herself at a major crossroads in life at the young age of 29. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Life of Belle Pauling – Linus Pauling’s Mother

  

  Belle Pauling with her infant son, Linus. 1901.(Part 1 of 2)We begin the story of Belle Pauling, Linus Pauling’s mother, with Linus Wilson Darling, Belle’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Herman Pauling: Striving for a Better Life

  

  Herman Pauling with his three children in Salem, Oregon, where the family briefly lived.(Part 2 of 2)His family settled in Salem but not happy about it, it did... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Life of Herman Pauling – Linus Pauling’s Father

  

  Herman Pauling, ca. 1899.(Part 1 of 2)The son of German immigrants, Charles Henry “Carl” Pauling – Linus Pauling’s paternal grandfather – joined his father and... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Iron-Oxygen Bond in Oxyhemoglobin

  

  Pastel drawing of the hemoglobin molecule by Roger Hayward, 1964.Part of the beauty of studying the life and work of Linus Pauling is that doing so... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• The Bellingham Suit

  

  From the years 1960 to 1968, Linus Pauling either threatened or actually instigated several libel suits against various newspapers and media outlets throughout... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 HISTORY, SCIENCE