Videos
Complete video of all of the symposium presentations is presented here, along with full transcriptions.
Click on a talk below to watch the video.
Session 1: Linus C. Pauling Day Lecture
- Ken Van Holde (Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University) - Introduction of Francis Crick.
- Francis Crick (Salk Institute for Biological Studies) - “The Impact of Linus Pauling on Molecular Biology.”
Session 2: The Biographer's Picture of Linus Pauling
- Fred Horne (Chemistry, Oregon State University) - Session Introduction: “The Biographer's Picture of Linus Pauling.”
- Tom Hager (Pauling biographer) - “The Bootlegger's Son: Or the Stochastic Method in Biography.”
- Ted Goertzel (Sociology, Rutgers University) - “Analyzing Pauling's Personality: A Three Generational, Three Decade Project.”
- Robert Paradowski (Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology) - “The Biographical Quest: Some Personal Reflections of a Pauling Biographer on the Art and Science of Scientific Biography.”
- Lily Kay (History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - “The Biographer's Picture of Linus Pauling.”
- Derek Davenport (Chemistry, Purdue University) - “Boswellizing Pauling.”
Session 3: The Personal View of Linus Pauling and His Work
- Crellin Pauling (Biology, San Francisco State University) - Session Introduction: “The Personal View of Linus Pauling and His Work.”
- Matthew Meselson (Biology, Harvard University) - “Linus Pauling as an Educator.”
- Ken Hedberg (Chemistry, Oregon State University) - “The Human Side of Linus Pauling.”
- William Lipscomb (Chemistry, Harvard University) - “Reflections.”
- David Shoemaker (Chemistry, Oregon State University) - “My Memories and Impressions of Linus Pauling.”
- Frank Catchpool (Family practitioner, Sausalito, California) - “Personal Reminiscences about Linus Pauling.”
Session 4: Historians and Contemporary Scientific Biography
- S.S. Schweber (Physics, Brandeis University) - “Writing the Biography of a Living Scientist: Hans Bethe.”
- Frederic L. Holmes (History, Yale University) - “Historians and Contemporary Scientific Biography.”
- Judith Goodstein (Archives, California Institute of Technology) - “Tales In and Out of 'Millikan's School.'”
- Robin Rider (Special Collections, Stanford University) - “Manuscript Collections in the Biographical Enterprise.”
- John L. Heilbron (History, University of California, Berkeley) - “Remarks on the Writing of Biography.”