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Recipient of Two Nobel Prizes, Chemistry and Peace
PAULING, Linus (1901-1994). American chemist, peace activist. One of the two greatest scientists of the 20th century. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and in Peace (1962). He is the only person to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes. Typed letter signed, one page on the letterhead of Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 22 July 1983. Interesting letter in part: “...I may tell you that when I was around 8 or 9 years old my favorite book was ‘Through the Looking Glass.” “I did not have a copy of Alice in Wonderland, and I think that I did not read it until considerably later. If you were to ask my favorite among the books that I have written, I should say The Nature of the Chemical Bond (first edition 1939, third edition 1960). Boldly signed, in near mint condition......................$295.00
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