Linus Pauling
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Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the
Pauling in the 1940s
Sickle Cell Blood Smear
Herman Henry William Pauling, Linus Pauling's father, c. 1900
Pauling's graduation photo from Oregon State University, 1922
Marie Curie
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Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, Pierre Curie, "for t
Linus Pauling
…the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie. Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. His contributions to the theory of the chemical bond include…
Marie Skłodowska Curie, c. 1920
Curie's birthplace at 16 Freta Street in New Town, Warsaw
Władysław Skłodowski and daughters (from left) Maria, Bronisława, and Helena, 1890
Maria (left) and sister Bronisława, c. 1886