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Lifestory: Linus Pauling - 1997

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Author: Maurice Wilkins
Length: 0:36


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...a number of us from the lab here, we all went down there to hear Pauling's lecture because we heard he was a brilliant lecturer, and he certainly lived up to our expectations. It was brilliant, and it had a sort of a human element and theatrical element of getting things across effectively. It was alive. You know, one was quite inspired by it. He was more sort of god-like, superhuman, great figure. Sort of like a presidential person. He has been compared with Sakharov there.



 
   



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