Born: 1901-02-28 in Portland, OR, USA
Gender: male
Field: American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. Of these, he is 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.
Awarded on: 1954-11-03
"for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"
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Awarded on: 1963-10-10
"for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West"
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