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"Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977. Produced for NOVA by Robert Richter/WGBH-Boston. McCarthyism. (0:40)

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Linus Pauling: The Nobel Committee, finally, in 1954, decided that this whole body of knowledge that I had contributed quite a lot to, had changed the nature of chemistry so much that it was justified to give me the Nobel Prize. Well I was pretty pleased.

Joseph McCarthy: Who was responsible...

Narrator: But Senator Joseph McCarthy was not pleased. He viewed Pauling as a scientist who allowed his growing influence to be exploited by communist-front organizations. Pauling flatly denied being a communist.

Joseph McCarthy: ...tied up, while the world is going up in flames...

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Date: 1977
Genre: video
ID: 1977v.1
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