The self-taught chemist. Linus Pauling's lifelong fascination with chemistry was ignited during childhood by a friend's chemistry set. He was born on February 28, 1901, in Portland, Oregon ...
By Matthew Dekneef Photographs by Mariko Reed ON A SUNDAY afternoon in Honolulu in the mid-1950s, a local psychiatrist, Linus Pauling Jr., visited Vladimir Ossipoff at home to discuss a project ...