# Linus Pauling

> The only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes — one for mapping the chemical bond, one for trying to stop the bomb. A founder of quantum chemistry and molecular biology whose late-career vitamin crusade the scientific mainstream never bought.

*American scientist (1901–1994)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1901-02-28
- **Died:** 1994-08-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born February 28, 1901, Pauling laid the groundwork for quantum chemistry and molecular biology, devising orbital hybridization and the first reliable electronegativity scale. His work on protein structure revealed the alpha helix and beta sheet, insights that steered Watson, Crick, Franklin, and Wilkins toward cracking DNA. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Then he pivoted: he spent years campaigning for nuclear disarmament, earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. Later he championed megavitamin therapy and orthomolecular medicine — claims about ascorbic acid that mainstream science has not accepted. He died August 19, 1994, having published more than 1,200 papers, married to human rights activist Ava Helen Pauling.

## Fame
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