Letter from Linus Pauling to Albert Szent-Györgyi. November 21, 1952

Pauling writes to thank Szent-Györgyi for nominating him as a candidate for the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discusses the details of his work and gives credit to W. M. Latimer and W. H. Rodebush for their discovery of the hydrogen bond. He encloses a copy of his personal biography. Pauling further discusses his recent work on protein structures and invites Szent-Györgyi to visit Pasadena and to speak at Caltech.  View Transcript

Letter from Linus Pauling to Albert Szent-Györgyi. Page 1. November 21, 1952
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Letter from Linus Pauling to Albert Szent-Györgyi. Page 2. November 21, 1952
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Associated: Robert Corey, Wendell M. Latimer, Worth H. Rodebush, University of California, Berkeley, Nature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

ID: corr371.1-lp-szentgyorgyi-19521121

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