(Image courtesy of the Pasteur Foundation)As of February 2010, one-hundred years have passed since the birth of renowned molecular biologist, Jacques Lucien Monod.Monod was born in Paris on February 9, 1910. At the age of seven, he and his family moved to Cannes,...

The kitchen at the Paulings' original Deer Flat Ranch cabin, 1958.During the Second World War, when the children were growing up, I think three of the children were still at home or – I don’t know, perhaps the youngest one was still at home –...

Enargite model, front view.Enargite, Cu3AsS4 (copper = dark silver, arsenic = light silver, sulfer = yellow)A crystal system classified as orthorhombic pyramidal, with a construction consisting of arsenic or copper atoms surrounded by four sulfur atoms in a...

Linus Pauling in Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1959.The principal action of the Fifth World Conference was to prepare and approve this statement, which is called The Hiroshima Appeal. I enclose a copy of this Appeal, which seems to me to be a good document.-Linus...

(Image courtesy of the Pasteur Foundation)As of February 2010, one-hundred years have passed since the birth of renowned molecular biologist, Jacques Lucien Monod.Monod was born in Paris on February 9, 1910. At the age of seven, he and his family moved to Cannes,...

The kitchen at the Paulings' original Deer Flat Ranch cabin, 1958.During the Second World War, when the children were growing up, I think three of the children were still at home or – I don’t know, perhaps the youngest one was still at home –...

I’ve been away for a while and have not been thinking at all about chemistry or academia…and for good reason (not that I am telling you lot why). Not long back at work and I have a surprising mountain of goodies that have appeared amongst the perpetual...