Letter from Linus Pauling to Corliss Lamont. February 12, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to American Civil Liberties Union for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from AHP to Berlitz School for $295.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Handwritten note from Ludwik Rajchman to LP RE: Refers to LP's April 15th letter in which he indicates that he is willing to contribute to a paper on abnormal molecules in relation to disease for the monograph in Science and Health on behalf of the World's Federation of Scientific Workers. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R:Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.3]
• Letter from Andrew A. Cochran to LP RE: Requests LP's criticism of his paper called "The Quantum Physical Basis of Life," in which he attempts to explain mysteries of life using quantum physics and mysteries of quantum physics in terms of life, especially using the concept of entropy to life as his basis. [Letter from LP to Mr. Cochran February 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
• Letter from Barry Commoner, Washington University, to LP RE: Invites LP to speak at Washington University, either to the new members of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi in the evening, or to all the students in the morning of May 1 or May 15. Mentions that the university will pay for the expenses incurred and an additional honorarium of $500. [Letter from LP to Commoner February 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.19]
• Letter from Edward Hughes to Professor Carl Cori, Washington University School of Medicine, cc: LP, RE: Discusses the schedule for the two days that Dr. H.H. Weber will speak at seminars at Cal Tech. Gives titles of the lectures and times that they will be given. [Letter from Mr. Hughes to Professor Cori January 3, 1957, Letter from LP to Professor Cori February 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
• Letter from Frank Victor to LP RE: Asks for information concerning the work on idea to treat many diseases chemically or bio-chemically for a Swiss friend. Would appreciate titles of books, articles or reprints. [Letter from LP to Frank Victor February 25, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.13]
• Letter from George Tarjan, Superintendent and Medical Director, Pacific State Hospital, to LP RE: Discusses approach of investigating the possibility that some types of mental deficiency may be cause by the fetus acting as an antigen. Thinks it would be worthwhile to follow up on this lead and possibly apply to NIMH if additional funds are needed. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.089, Folder #89.3]
• Letter from LP to Dora E. Young, The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation RE: LP will be able to attend both meetings. Tells Young his schedule and asks about the connective tissue conference and the annual meeting of the Fellows. [Letters from Young to LP January 29, 1957, February 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation—Scientific Advisory Committee: Correspondence 1954-1959: Box #15.002, Folder #2.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Arthur Galston, Yale University RE: Recommends he put his new application in for a fellowship. Notifies him that he and AHP will be in Europe over the summer but hope to see him if he is still at Stanford for a conference when they get back. [Letter from Dr. Galston to LP November 21, 1956, Letter from Dr. Galston to LP December 7, 1956, Letter from LP to Dr. Galston January 30, 1957, Letter from Dr. Galston to LP February 7, 1957, Letter from Dr. Galston to LP September 11, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Galston, Arthur W., 1956-1960, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1981, 1991), #136.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. George Goldfinger, Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology RE: Explains that his trip to Chicago will not be very long and so declines his invitation to visit the institute. Hopes that he and AHP will be able to see him and his wife during their visit. [Letter from Dr. Goldfinger to LP February 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Louis Zeitz, REL Tells Zeitz that he would be glad to talk with him and that he would be available that week on Wednesday or Thursday, or sometime after February 26th. Says that he is not sure if there is any advice that he could give, but he would be glad to try. [Letter from Zeitz to LP, February 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Z: Correspondence, 1940-1980.), Box #468, Folder #468.13]
• Letter from LP to Dr. T.R. Robie RE: Tells Robie that he is doubtful about accepting his invitation to speak in San Francisco in 1958, because he is not sure if he will have anything new to say. Hopes Robie will be able to wait awhile before hearing LP's final answer. [Letter from Robie to LP, February 4, 1957] [Letter from Robie to LP, September 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R:Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. W. H. Freeman, RE: Says that he is pleased that Freeman has decided to give Bill Kaufmann more editorial responsibility and that he looks forward to visits with Freeman and Bill. [Letter from Freeman to LP, February 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.1]

  11 February 1957

  Dear Peter:

  I enclose a rough draft of a part of our proposed manuscript on a theory of the structure of water, in order that you may continue to think about the matter. There have been a couple of developments. I have made some calculations about van der Waals contact distances between water molecules, given in the manuscript. Also, I have ran across a neat way of packing complexes of 41 molecules together, so that 12 of them are only in van der Waals contact with their neighbors (each is held by a single hydrogen bond within its complex). This structure, which has 8 of the 41 complexes in a cubic unit, gives too big a peak at around 3.6 Å, and I have accordingly given it equal weight with two other structures in making the radial distribution calculation.

  Also, I have talked with Professor Badger about the possibility for the existence in water of water molecules that are not attached by hydrogen bonds at all, and are free to rotate. He is checking up on the matter.

  Are you planning to attend the International Congress for Pure and Applied Chemistry in Paris? It is to be held on 18 to 24 July 1957. You can get a circular about it by writing to Sixteenth International Congress for Pure and Applied Chemistry, Secretary General, 28 rue Saint Dominique, Paris 7[c?], France. Do you have a paper that you might present? You can see what the subjects are when you get the circular. In organic chemistry they include the solid compounds of transition metals, except complex compounds; combinations of boron with hydrogen and non-metallic elements; etc. In physical chemistry one topic is water in chemical compounds.

  It seems to me that a possibility would be for you and me to present a short paper in this session on the structure of water. I would propose to attend the congress, but I would not submit a paper myself. Probably, if you are interested in doing this, it would be better for you to submit the paper alone. You could present the material that is in the manuscript that we are now writing.

  I do not know whether or not I told you that Mama and I were invited to go to Yugoslavia, to a symposium on the hydrogen bond, which is to be held for a few days around 1 August. I am to give the opening address, which is, I think, to be on 29 July. I do not know whether or not it would be worth while for you to go to this congress also. There is a symposium on proteins in between. If you do come to Paris, on this professional trip, I would pay your expenses. By the way, I am thinking that my opening address in Jubulana would be in considerable part about our work on the structure of water - that is the only thing new relating to the hydrogen bond that I know to talk about.

  Linda started work for Professor Corey today. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Leung on the crystallization of proteins and heavy metal complexes. The last paragraph of our manuscript is on the structure of the high-pressure forms of ice. I have suggested structures for two of them, and Barclay Ray is going to make some intensity calculations to see how they come out. I have written to McFarlan who took the x-ray photographs, to see if we can get his films - his work was done 21 years ago. Barclay may try to make some x-ray photographs of his own.

  Much love from

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from LP to Professor Gilbert Stork, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University RE: States he is sorry that Professor Stork declined the job offer, feels that he would have soon felt at home at CIT but also feels that he will be just as good a chemist at Columbia. [Letter from Professor Stork to LP February 5, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stork, Gilbert), #369.4]
• Letter from Professor Lars Gunnar Sillén, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden to LP RE: Notifies him that between February and May he will be at MIT as the Arthur D. Little visiting professor but is coming to the west coast in March to give some lectures. Explains that he would like to visit CIT and asks if LP will be available on either March 21, 22, or 23. Handwritten notes in left margin discuss whether it will be possible for him to visit. [Letter from LP to Professor Sillén April 17, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]