Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From his Writings, Speeches and Interviews by Barbara Marinacci

by Linus Pauling

Excellent Book

Genres: Science, Biography, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

Linus Carl Pauling, Chemistry, Winner of multiple Nobel Prizes including 2 unshared awards

Reviews

[Saad Bhamla · Rating 2 out of 5]

So so.
Linus's writings are great, but I dislike the way the authors style of "narrating".

[Stella · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am a bit disappointed by this 2 times Nobel prize winner, he seems so full of himself that undervalues anything, but the study of chemistry (almost) and aside from this, even his general reasoning does not seem to me of an extremely evolved person... he is extremely ego-centric and believes he can solve any problem if he wants to, but there are some flaws in his line of reasoning like when he talks about vaccines, vitamins and democracy... he seems the scientific-official voice of the current establishment and "world order" or whatever you want to call it... I expected a Nobel laureate to be far superior.
Furthermore, the interventions of the editor Barbara Marinacci in the text, are too frequents and seem to wanting to use the book to receive financial support for the (theoretically non-profit, aside from the high salaries) institute she works in.

[Margaret Tyler]

I skimmed most of this book & focused on his chapters as a "Vitamin Crusader."

"...the possibilities of improvement in the health of the American people and of other people in the world by improved nutrition are truly great. It is astounding to me that the medical profession has paid so little attention to these possibilities during the last few decades."