Posted on January 29, 2009 by spcoll
“Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences — and we cannot predict what they will be. Science will go on — whether we are pessimistic, or are optimistic, as I am. I know that great, interesting, and valuable discoveries can be made and will be made…But I know also [...]
Filed under: Sickle Cell Anemia | Tagged: blood plasma substitute, Chester Keefer, Committee on Medical Research, Dan Campbell, Joseph Koepfli, Linus Pauling, Office of Scientific Research and Development, oxypolygelatin, Robert Loeb, scientific war work, World War II | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2009 by spcoll
“On the basis of the information available to me, I have formed the opinion that oxypolygelatin solution…may well be a thoroughly satisfactory blood substitute, which could be manufactured cheaply in large quantities. It is probably superior to gelatin itself with respect to fluidity of solution, retention in blood stream, and osmotic pressure.”
Linus Pauling, March 14, [...]
Filed under: Sickle Cell Anemia | Tagged: A.N. Richards, blood plasma substitute, Committee on Medical Research, Dan Campbell, Edward Cohn, Jean Oliver, Linus Pauling, Office of Scientific Research and Development, oxypolygelatin, scientific war work, Thomas Addis, World War II | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 13, 2008 by spcoll
As most of our readers are no doubt aware, this past Tuesday was Veterans’ Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in many other parts of the world. In honor of this global occasion, we thought it appropriate to discuss a component of Linus Pauling’s story that may come as a surprise to many — [...]
Filed under: Facets of Linus Pauling, Oregon150, Peace Activism | Tagged: Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling, Oregon State University, oxypolygelatin, Remembrance Day, Robert Paradowski, ROTC, scientific war work, Thomas Hager, Veterans Day, Vietnam War, World War II | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 24, 2008 by spcoll
“Do you think that an American who insists on making up his own mind, who objects to being told what to do, to being pushed around by officious officials, is thereby made un-American? I do not. I think that he is being more American than people who do not object.”
- Linus Pauling. Letter to the [...]
Filed under: Peace Activism | Tagged: Caltech, Japanese internment, Linus Pauling, Nobel Peace Prize, peace activism, Pearl Harbor, World War II | 1 Comment »
