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Title
Linus Pauling Interview, December 8, 1985
Description
In this brief phone interview, journalist Thomas Hager poses some questions to Pauling on behalf of Oregon Magazine. Pauling gives his thoughts on activism in world peace, especially among scientists. He shares his views about militarism, Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, and Secretaries of Defense McNamara and Weinberger. Specific mention is made to a petition several physicists and university presidents have signed against the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the "Star Wars program."
Focus of the conversation then shifts to Pauling’s book How to Live Longer and Feel Better and the kinds of recommendations he makes in the book regarding supplements and lifestyle factors. It concludes with some discussion vitamin C’s role in treating AIDS, the difficulties of doing clinical research on the topic, and mention of Drs. Robert F. Cathcart III and Ewan Cameron and their work on the matter.
Focus of the conversation then shifts to Pauling’s book How to Live Longer and Feel Better and the kinds of recommendations he makes in the book regarding supplements and lifestyle factors. It concludes with some discussion vitamin C’s role in treating AIDS, the difficulties of doing clinical research on the topic, and mention of Drs. Robert F. Cathcart III and Ewan Cameron and their work on the matter.
Creator
Linus Pauling
Source
Thomas Hager Papers (MSS Hager)
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
December 8, 1985
Contributor
Thomas Hager
Format
Digitized Audiocassette
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
MSS Hager - 2.005.1
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Thomas Hager
Interviewee
Linus Pauling
Location
Interview conducted over telephone
Original Format
Audiocassette tape
Duration
0:27:56
OHMS Object
Interview Format
audio