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Books by Linus Pauling

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    The Structure of Line Spectra

    • The Structure of Line Spectra, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1930, 263 pages. [Linus Pauling and Samuel Goudsmit]

    Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Applications to Chemistry

    • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Applications to Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1935, 468 pages [Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson, Jr.]
    • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Applications to Chemistry. Reprint: Dover Books, New York, 1985, 468 pages.
    • Introduzione alla meccanica quantistica. Italian translation: Piccin Editore, Padua, 1968, 471 pages.
    • Ryōshi Rikigaku Joron oyobi sono Kagaku e no ōyō. Japanese translation: Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1950, 510 pages.

    The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry

    • The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry, 1st ed., Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1939, 419 pages.
    • The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry, 2nd ed., Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1940, 450 pages.
    • The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry, 3rd ed., Cornell University press, Ithaca, NY, 1960, 644 pages.
    • La Nature de la Liason chimique et la Structure des Molécules et des Cristaux. French translation: Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1949, 430 pages.
    • Die Natur der Chemischen Bindung. German translation: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1962, 584 pages.
    • La Natura del Legame Chimico. Italian translation: Edizioni Italiane, Rome, 1949, 429 pages.
    • La Natura del Legame Chimico e la Struttura delle Molecole e dei Cristalli. Italian translation, second edition: Edizioni Italiane, Rome, 1960, 693 pages.
    • Kagaku Ketsugō-ron. Japanese translation: Tokyo, Kyōritsu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, 1950, 481 pages.
    • Kagaku Ketsugō-ron. Japanese translation, second edition: Kyoritsu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 1962, 584 pages.
    • Priroda Khimisceskoĭ Svyazi. Russian translation: Gosudarstevennoe Nauchno-Tekhinicheskoe Izdatel’stvo Khimicheskoi Literatury, Moscow, 1947, 440 pages.
    • Uniones químicas y la estructura de moléculas y cristales: Una introducción a la química estructural moderna. Spanish translation: Editorial Kapelusz, Buenos Aires, 1965, 661 pages.

    General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory

    • General Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1941; 1944, 275 pages; 239 pages.
    • General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1947, 618 pages. [Linus Pauling, with illustrations by Roger Hayward]
    • General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, 2nd ed., W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1953, 710 pages.
    • General Chemistry, 3rd ed., W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1970, 959 pages.
    • General Chemistry. Slightly altered reprint: Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1988, 959 pages.
    • Chimie Générale: Introduction à la Chimie descriptive et à la Chimie théorique moderne. French translation: Dunod, Paris, 1951, 587 pages.
    • Chimie Générale: Introduction à la Chimie descriptive et à la Chimie théorique moderne. French translation, second edition: Dunod, Paris, 1956, 725 pages.
    • Chimie Générale: Introduction à la Chimie descriptive et à la Chimie théorique moderne. French translation, second edition, second printing: Dunod, Paris, 1958, 728 pages.
    • Chimie Générale: Introduction à la Chimie descriptive et à la Chimie théorique moderne. French translation, second edition, third printing: Dunod, Paris, 1960, 728 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1956, 624 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, second edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1958, 624 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, third edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1960, 630 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, fourth edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1962, 630 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, fifth edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1964, 630 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, sixth edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1965, 628 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, seventh edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1967, 626 pages.
    • Chemie: eine Einführung. German translation, eighth edition: Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, 1969, [???] pages.
    • Grundlagen der Chemie. German translation, ninth edition: Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, 1973, 843 pages.
    • Samanya Rasayana. Gujarati translation: Gojarab University, Ahmadabad-9, India, 1965, 984 pages.
    • Kemiah K'laluth. Hebrew translation: Yachdov, United Publishers Co. Ltd., Tel Aviv, 1965, 894 pages. (in two volumes)
    • General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory. Indian Edition: Allied Pacific Private Limited, Bombay, 1962, 710 pages.
    • Chimica Generale. Italian translation: Longanesi & Co., Milan, 1960, 752 pages.
    • Ippan Kagaku. Japanese translation: Iwanami-shoton, Tokyo, 1950, 667 pages. (in two volumes)
    • Ippan Kagaku. Japanese translation, second edition: Iwanami Publishers, Tokyo, 1970, 884 pages. (in two volumes)
    • General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory. Modern Asia Edition: Charles E. Tuttle, Tokyo, 1960, 710 pages.
    • Chimia Ogólna: Wstep do chemii opisowej z zarysem nowoczesnych teorii. Polish translation: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw, 1963, 627 pages.
    • Química geral. Portuguese translation: AO Livre Técnico S. A. e Editôra da Universidade de São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, 1965, 774 pages.
    • Chimie generală. Romanian translation: Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucharest, 1972, 887 pages.
    • Obschiya khimiya. Russian translation: Mir Pub., Moscow, 1974, 846 pages.
    • Química General: Una introducción a la Químical descriptiva y a la modern teoría química. Spanish translation: Aguilar, S. A. de Ediciones, Madrid, 1949, 622 pages.
    • Química General: Una introducción a la Químical descriptiva y a la modern teoría química. Spanish translation, Second edition: Aguilar, S. A. de Ediciones, Madrid, 1951, 609 pages.
    • Allmän kemi. Swedish translation: Almqvist & Wiksells Skademiska Handböcker, Hugo Gebers Förlag, Uppsala, 1952, 599 pages.
    • General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory. Taiwan Students’ Edition: The Southeast Book Company, Taiwan, 1953, 711 pages

    College Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook of General Chemistry

    • College Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook of General Chemistry, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1950, 705 pages. [Linus Pauling, with illustrations by Roger Hayward]
    • College Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook of General Chemistry, 2nd ed., W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1955, 685 pages.
    • College Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook of General Chemistry, 3rd ed., W. H. Freeman, San Francisco; Toppan Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 1964, 832 pages
    • Vidyalay Rasayana. Hindi translation: Science Conference Publishers, Allahabad-2, India, 1966, 764 pages.
    • Kagaku. Japanese translation: Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1957, 1958, 635 pages. (in two volumes)
    • College Chemistry. Sinhala translation: Sirimathipaya, Colombo, Ceylon, 1968, 699 pages.

    No More War!

    • No More War!, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1958, 254 pages. [Linus Pauling, illustrated with drawings by Roger Hayward]
    • No More War!. Enlarged Apollo edition: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1962, 262 pages.
    • No More War!. Reprint: Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1975, 262 pages.
    • No More War! (25th Anniversary Edition), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1983, 304 pages.
    • No More War!. British edition: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1958, 254 pages.
    • Leben oder Tod im Atomzeitalter. German translation: Sensen Verlag, Vienna, 1960, 184 pages.
    • Leben oder Tod im Atomzeitalter. German translation distributed in socialist countries: Aufbau Verlag, Berlin and Weimar, 1964, 167 pages.
    • No moa wō. Japanese translation: Koyata Niwa, Tokyo, 1959, 192 pages.
    • Ne Byvat’ voine!. Russian translation: IzdatelÆstvo Inostrannoi Literatury, Moscow, 1960, 236 pages.
    • Už nikdy vonjnu!. Slovakian translation: Slovenské vydavatel’stvo politickej literatüry, Bratislava, 1961, 193 pages.
    • Aldrig mera Krig!. Swedish translation: Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, 1959, 216 pages.

    The Architecture of Molecules

    • The Architecture of Molecules, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1964, 117 pages. [Linus Pauling and Roger Hayward]
    • Die Architecktur der Moleküle. German translation: Neckar-Verlag, Villingen, 1969, 117 pages.
    • Bunshi no zōkei. Japanese translation: Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 1967, 117 pages.

    The Chemical Bond

    • The Chemical Bond, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1967, 267 pages.
    • Kagaku Ketsugō-ron nyūmon. Japanese translation: Kyōritsu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 1968, 289 pages.

    Vitamin C and the Common Cold

    • Vitamin C and the Common Cold, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1970, 122 pages.
    • Vitamin C and the Common Cold. Reprint: Bantam Books, New York, 1971, 112 pages.
    • Vitamin C and the Common Cold. Abridged reprint: Bantum Books, New York, 1973, 88 pages.
    • Vitamin C and the Common Cold. British edition: Ballantine Books, London, 1972, 132 pages.
    • C-vitamin og forkølelse. Danish translation: Lindhardt og Ringhof, Copenhagen, 1972, 115 pages.
    • Vitamine C en verkoudheid. Dutch translation: Wetenschappelijke Utigeverij N. V., Amsterdam, 1972, 128 pages.
    • La vitamine C contre le rhume. French translation: Trévise, Paris, 1971, 152 pages.
    • Vitamin C und der Shnupfen. German translation: Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, 1972, 143 pages.
    • The Common Cold and its Cure. Indian edition: D. B Taraporevala Sons & Co., Bombay, 1971, 122 pages.
    • Saraba kazegusuri - bitamin C de kaze o tsuiho. Japanese translation: Nonoma Shoichi, Tokyo, 1972, 195 pages.
    • C-vitaminet og forkjølelse. Norwegian translation: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), Oslo, 1971, 105 pages.
    • Vitamina C: Gripe e Resfriados. Portuguese translation: Editora Mestra Jou, São Paulo, 1972, 125 pages.
    • C-vitamin och förkylning. Swedish translation: Bonniers, Stockholm, 1972, 98 pages.

    Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment of Schizophrenia

    • Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment of Schizophrenia, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1973, 697 pages. [David Hawkins and Linus Pauling, eds.]

    Chemistry

    • Chemistry, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1975, 767 pages. [Linus Pauling and Peter Pauling]
    • Chemia. Polish translation: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw, 1989, 678 pages.
    • Khimiya. Russian translation: Izdatel’stvo Mir, Moscow, 1978, 683 pages.

    Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu

    • Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1976, 230 pages.
    • Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu. Abridged reprint: Berkley Books, New York, 1981, 205 pages.
    • Bitamin C to kaze, infuruenza. Japanese translation: Kyōritsu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 1977, 218 pages.
    • A bitamina C, o Resfriado Comun e a Gripe. Portuguese translation: Atheneu Editora São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 1978, 197 pages.

    Cancer and Vitamin C

    • Cancer and Vitamin C, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 1979, 238 pages. [Ewan Cameron and Linus Pauling]
    • Cancer and Vitamin C. Reprint: Warner Books, New York, 1981, 238 pages.
    • Cancer and Vitamin C (Updated and Expanded Edition), Camino Books, Philadelphia, PA, 1993, 278 pages.
    • Gan to Bitamin C. Japanese translation: Kyōritsu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 1981, 336 pages.
    • La vitamine C contre le cancer. French translation: l’ Etincelle / S. C. E., Montreal, 1982, 333 pages.

    How to Live Longer and Feel Better

    • How to Live Longer and Feel Better, W.H. Freeman, New York, 1986, 322 pages.
    • How to Live Longer and Feel Better. Reprint: Avon Books, New York, 1987, 413 pages.
    • How to Live Longer and Feel Better: Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2006, 338 pages.
    • Chang shou young sheng zhi dao: xi bow fen zi jiao zheng zhi fu 20 zhou nian ju xian. Chinese translation: Bo si zhi ku gu fen you xian gong si, Taipai City, Taiwan, 2011, 246 pages.
    • Kako živjeti dulje I osjećati se bolje. Croatian translation: Globus, Zagreb, 1989, 300 pages.
    • Abusez des Vitamines!. French translation: Tchou, Éditions Sand, Paris, 1988, 307 pages.
    • Linus Pauling’s Vitamin-Programm: Plädoyer für ein gesundes Leben. German translation: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich, 1990, 398 pages.
    • Das Vitamin Programm: Topfit bis ins hohe Alter. German translation, paperback edition: Goldmann Verlag / C. Berelsmann Verlag, Munich, 1992, 398 pages.
    • Pauling Hakase no Kaiteki Chojugaku. Japanese translation: Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers, Tokyo, 1987, 417 pages.
    • Como Viver Mais e Melhor. Portuguese translation: Editora Best Seller, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1988, 400 pages.
    • Cómo vivir más y setirse mejor. Spanish translation: Editorial Planeta, Barcelona, 1987, 304 pages.

    A Lifelong Quest for Peace: A dialogue between Linus Pauling and Daisaku Ikeda

    • Seimei no seiki e no tankyō — Kagaku to heiwa to kenkō to (Japanese: In Quest of the Century of Life — Science and Peace and Health and ...), Yomiuri Shinbunsha Publishers, Tokyo, 1990, 236 pages. [Linus Pauling and Daisaku Ikeda]
    • A Lifelong Quest for Peace: A dialogue between Linus Pauling and Daisaku Ikeda, translated and edited by Richard L. Gage, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, MA, 1992, 118 pages.
    • Suõt Döi Tìm Kiěm Hòa Bình. Vietnamese translation: Vietnam Psycho-Pedagogical Association, 101 Trãn Húng Dao Street, Hoàn Kiěm District, Hanoi City, Vietnam, 1993, 183 pages.

    Books about Linus and Ava Helen Pauling

    • Bouguerra, Mohamed Larbi. Pauling: l'Einstein de la Chimie, Belin, Paris, 2002.
    • Carson, Mina. Ava Helen Pauling: Partner, Activist, Visionary, Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR, 2013.
    • Chamizo, José Antonio. El Científico de Sonrisa Contagiosa: Linus Pauling, Pangea, Mexico City, 1994.
    • Eckert-Maksic, Mirjana, Zelek S. Herman, Zvonimir B. Maksic and Linus Pauling. From Quantum Mechanics to Biochemistry: Homage to Linus Pauling, Croatian Chemical Society, Zagreb, 1991.
    • Goertzel, Ted and Ben Goertzel with the assistance of Mildred Goertzel, Victor Goertzel, with original drawings by Gwen Goertzel. Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics, Basic Books, New York, 1995.
    • Gormley, Melinda. It's in the Blood: The Varieties of Linus Pauling's Work on Hemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anemia. Master's Thesis. Oregon State University, 2003.
    • Hager, Thomas. Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995.
    • Hager, Thomas. Linus Pauling and the Chemistry of Life, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.
    • Heumer, Richard P. The Roots of Molecular Medicine: A Tribute to Linus Pauling, W.H. Freeman, New York, 1986.
    • Kamb, Barclay, Linda Pauling Kamb, Peter Pauling and Alexander Kamb, eds. Linus Pauling: Selected Scientific Papers, World Scientific, River Edge, N.J., 2001.
    • Lange, Herwig. Mit Linus Paulings Forschungsergebnissen Gesund Werden - Gesund Bleiben, poli-c-books, Berlin, 2006.
    • Linus Pauling: A Man of Intellect and Action, Cosmos Japan International, Tokyo, 1991.
    • Maksic, Zvonimir B. and Mirjana Eckert-Maksic. Molecules in Natural Science and Medicine: An Encomium for Linus Pauling, Ellis Horwood, New York, 1991.
    • Maksic, Zvonimir B. and W. J. Orville-Thomas, eds. Pauling's Legacy: Modern Modelling of the Chemical Bond, Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York, 1999.
    • Marinacci, Barbara, ed. Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selected Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995.
    • Marinacci, Barbara and Ramesh Krishnamurthy, eds. Linus Pauling on Peace: A Scientist Speaks Out on Humanism and World Survival. Rising Starr Press, Los Altos, Calif., 1998.
    • Mead, Clifford and Thomas Hager. Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker, Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2001.
    • Murata, Akira. Rainasu Pōringu no Hachijūsannen [83 Years of Linus Pauling], Kyōritsu Shuppan, Shōwa 59, Tokyo, 1984.
    • Newton, David E. Linus Pauling: Scientist and Advocate, Facts on File, New York, 1994.
    • Panfili, Adolfo. Aminoacidi per la Vita: A Tribute to Linus Pauling, E. Carpintieri, Rome, 1990.
    • Paradowski, Robert J. The Structural Chemistry of Linus Pauling. Doctoral dissertation. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972.
    • Pasachoff, Naomi E. Linus Pauling: Advancing Science, Advocating Peace, Enslow Publishers, Berkeley Heights, N. J., 2004.
    • Pauling, Linus, Raxit J. Jariwalla and Sandra L. Schwoebel. Nutrition, Health and Peace: An International Symposium in Honor of Linus Pauling, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif., 1987.
    • The Pauling Symposium: A Discourse on the Art of Biography, Special Collections, Oregon State University Libraries, Corvallis, 1996.
    • Petersen, Chris, ed. Visions of Linus Pauling, World Scientific, Hackensack, N.J., 2022.
    • Petersen, Chris and Cliff Mead, eds. The Pauling Catalogue: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at Oregon State University, Special Collections, Oregon State University Libraries, Corvallis, 2006.
    • Rich, Alexander and Norman R. Davidson, eds. Structural Chemistry and Molecular Biology: A Volume Dedicated to Linus Pauling By His Students, Colleagues and Friends, W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1968.
    • Richards, Evelleen. Vitamin C and Cancer: Medicine or Politics? Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, 1991.
    • Serafini, Anthony. Linus Pauling: A Man and His Science, Paragon House, New York, 1989.
    • Servos, John W. Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling: The Making of a Science in America, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1990.
    • Sherrow, Victoria. Linus Pauling: Investigating the Magic Within, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Austin, Tex., 1997.
    • Societats Catalanes de Fisica, Quimica, Matematiques I Techologia. Homentatge a Linus Pauling, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, 1996.
    • White, Florence. Linus Pauling, Scientist and Crusader, Walker, New York, 1980.
    • Zannos, Susan. Linus Pauling and the Chemical Bond, Mitchell Lane Publishers, Bear, Del., 2004.
    • Zewail, Ahmed, ed. The Chemical Bond: Structure and Dynamics, Academic Press, Boston, 1992.
    • Zhang, Kesheng. Bao lin he wei ta ming xuan feng [Pauling and His Vitamin Crusade], Nan jing chu ban she, Nanjing, China, 2000.

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