I confess that I had harbored the feeling that sooner or later I would be the one to get the DNA structure; and although I was pleased with the double-helix, I 'rather wished the idea had been his'.
— Linus Pauling Modern

Chemical bond theory, peace activism

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On the discovery of the DNA double helix

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1971 (New Scientist)

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