Linus Pauling Height, Weight, Religion, Net Worth, Age, Biography

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Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling)

Last Updated: 19 Apr, 2024 | Views: 706

Age: 43

Profession: Scientist

Other Profession(s): Activist, Physicist, Biochemist, Biophysicist

Famous For: Founder of the quantum chemistry and molecular biology.

Higher Education: California Institute of Technology (PhD)

Linus Pauling Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

28 Feb, 1901 (43 Years 05 Months 21 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Oregon

Birth District

Portland

Birth Sign

Pisces

Religion

Christianity

Nationalities

American

Died on

19 Aug, 1944

Cause of Death

Prostate Cancer

Linus Pauling Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
On February 28, 1901, in Portland, Oregon, the United States, Linus Pauling was born. Pauling used material and equipment,he found lying around an abandoned steel plant to carry out chemical experiments. The high school senior, then known as Oregon Agricultural College, had earned enough credits at the age of fifteen to gain admission to Oregon State University (OSU). Forty-five years later, the institution bestowed upon him an honorary diploma following his two Nobel Prize wins.
Linus Pauling Career:
Pauling Linus Studying under German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld:
• Pauling developed an interest in the potential applications of quantum mechanics in his selected subject.
• Pauling resolved to make this task the main focus of his future studies and dedicated the two years of his travel around Europe to it.
Linus Pauling Assistant Professor at Caltech
• Pauling moved on to become an assistant professor of theoretical chemistry at Caltech.
• He had a very fruitful first five years as a faculty member.
Linus Pauling Began publishing Research Papers:
• Pauling started writing studies on the nature of the chemical bond in the late 1920s.
• Pauling introduced the idea of orbital hybridization as a result of his research on the nature of chemical bonds.
Linus Pauling Study By Ionic Crystal Structures:
• Pauling published five guidelines in 1929 that aid in the prediction and explanation of ionic compound crystal structures.
• Pauling chose to pursue new research endeavors after being greatly impacted by Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation's biologically focused financing priorities.
Linus Pauling Awards:
• Linus Pauling was awarded two Nobel Prizes.
• ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1931)
• Irving Langmuir Award (1931)
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1933)
• Davy Medal (1947)
• Roebling Medal (1967)
• Lenin Peace Prize (1968–1969)
• National Medal of Science (1974)
• Lomonosov Gold Medal (1977)
• NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1979)
• Priestley Medal (1984)
• Vannevar Bush Award (1989)