Letter from Linus Pauling to Ruth Ann Tukey. January 12, 1959

Pauling discusses his work on chemistry and mental disease. He explains his reasoning for focusing on mentally-deficient individuals rather than gifted individuals and expresses his opinion that gifted girls of high school and college age are not given enough opportunities.  View Transcript

Letter from Linus Pauling to Ruth Ann Tukey. Page 1. January 12, 1959
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ID: sci11.088.14-lp-tukey-19590112

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