The 1999 Dexter Award address. A place in history: Was Linus Pauling a revolutionary chemist?

Nye, Mary Jo

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Title

The 1999 Dexter Award address. A place in history: Was Linus Pauling a revolutionary chemist?

Author(s)

Nye, Mary Jo

Issue Date

2000-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Biog Pauling Chem

Abstract

A brief biog. of chemist Linus Pauling is presented to det. whether he was a revolutionary chemist. Pauling did not set out to initiate in revolution in science, but he was eager to participate in the newest front of scientific advance. There was no crisis in Pauling's youth, but there were puzzles and anomalies to be solved. Pauling saw clearly that the new chem. he was helping to construct required a new language, new representations, and new textbooks.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

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1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126174

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p073

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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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