LINUS PAULING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/21/1964 - HFSID 321221
Sale Price $245.00
Reg. $300.00
LINUS PAULING
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning scientist declines to participate in a
discussion due to his busy schedule
Typed Letter signed: "Linus Pauling", 1 page, 6x9. Santa
Barbara, California, 21 August 1964. On letterhead of the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions. To "Miss Goldberg" JoAnn Goldberg of
Metropolitan Broadcasting, New York. In full: "I am sorry that my
answer to your letter has been delayed because of my absence from Pasadena and
my preoccupation with the job moving to Santa Barbara. I am interested to learn
about your plans for a program on Man and Society. I feel, however, that I would
not be very well qualified to take part in a discussion, as you have described
it, and my circumstances also are such as to make it difficult for me to plan to
come to New York. Sincerely yours". Linus Pauling (1901-1994)
earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) for his research into the nature
of chemical bonding and its application to the structure of complex
substances. In 1962, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign
against nuclear testing. (Even though he had done military research during
World War II, Pauling became an increasingly vocal critic of the arms race.)
In 1962, he demonstrated outside the White House, then dined that evening
with President and Mrs. Kennedy. Normal mailing folds. Fine
condition.
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