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“You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.”

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Linus Pauling was a renowned chemist born on February 28, 1901, in the United States. He made significant contributions to the fields of chemical bonding theory, molecular structure, and quantum chemistry. Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his outstanding achievements in chemistry and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his efforts in the peace movement. more

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Book:Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From His Writings, Speeches and Interviews

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“I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The college library helped me to develop a broader aspect on life.”

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“Although physicians, as part of their training, are taught that the dosage of a drug that is prescribed for the patient must be very carefully determined and controlled, they seem to have difficulty in remembering that the same principle applies to the vitamins.”

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“When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate — may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself.”

“We may, I believe, anticipate that the chemist of the future who is interested in the structure of proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and other complex substances with high molecular weight will come to rely upon a new structural chemistry, involving precise geometrical relationships among the atoms in the molecules and the rigorous application of the new structural principles, and that great progress will be made, through this technique, in the attack, by chemical methods, on the problems of biology and medicine.”

Source: Linus Pauling: Selected Scientific Papers