Letter from Linus Pauling to Walter Thorson March 6, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Award: The American Association of Clinical Chemists, Certificates of membership, Citation, March 5, 1957. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: 1957h.1]
• Check from AHP to American Association for the Blind for $10.00. [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 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 E.L. Payne for $7.60. [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 Lieberg's for $33.11. [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 Pearl M. Jordan for $100.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.1]
• Check from AHP to Scientific American for $38.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Invoice from Scandinavian Art Metal to AHP for fireplace and screen for $102.88. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.4]
• Itinerary: Children's Hospital 8 PM; American Association of Clinical Chemists [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.3]
• Letter from C.E. Cummings, The Texas Company to LP RE: Requests a recommendation for a Mr. Edwin A. Matzner, who applied to the Texaco Research Center for a position as a research chemist. Includes an overview of the duties he would be required to fulfill if hired. [Letter from LP to Mr. Cummings March 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1957), #257.2]
• Letter from LP to Alvin L. Sellers of Institute for Medical Research RE: Declines the invitation to speak before the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. [Letter from Alvin L. Sellers to LP October 26, 1956] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine), #376.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Curt P. Richter, The Institute of Advanced Study, RE: Returns the copy of his paper on hormones and rhythms in man and animal after reading it carefully. Tells Richter that he does not think he can contribute anything to this field of work because he does not know much about biochemistry and physiology. Tells Richter that he would be able to consider the system from a molecular point of view only after a physiological understanding, which Richter's studies have not yet reached, was obtained. [Letter from Richer to LP, February 12, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R:Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Institute for Advanced Study RE: Notifies him that he has replied to Richter about his work and apologizes that he is not able to be of any more help. Comments that he thinks his work is worthwhile and hopes that it continues to progress. [Letter from Dr. Oppenheimer to LP February 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Oppenheimer, J. Robert: Correspondence, 1945-1946, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1962-1963), #296.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. L. Rajchman RE: Tells Rajchman that he would like to see a discussion of hereditary defects of the role of radiation and the damage to health caused by direct exposure to radiation in the special issue of the Journal of the World Federation of Scientific Workers. Tells Rajchman that his statement that most human beings are born normal needs to be interpreted. Discusses the effects of radiation. [Letter from Rajchman to LP, February 12, 1957] [Handwritten note from Rajchman, April 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R:Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Oleg Jardetzky RE: Suggests a way to summarize his manuscript. [Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky January 30, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky February 4, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky February 6, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky March 4, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky March 11, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Jardetzky April 3, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine, 1956-1959, 1962-1964, 1967-1969, 1971-1975, 1977, 1979-1982, 1984-1985, 1990, 1993-1994), #188.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Samuel J. Prigal RE: Thanks him for the two papers he sent and returns them as requested. [Letter from Dr. Prigal to LP February 21, 1957, Letter from Dr. Prigal to LP March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1957), #313.5]
• Letter from LP to Foothill Motors RE: Disputes a claim made against him about an outstanding bill of $4.16, states he sent notices each time a bill would come that the bill should be covered by the thousand mile check-up service done on his car, purchased at the company one year prior, but that no one ever refuted his notices. Notifies them that he will no longer buy his cars from them because of their handling of the situation. [Letter from Foothill Motors to LP March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1957), #129.1]
• Letter from LP to G. Dupouy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, RE: Asks if the invitation to visit France is still available because he would like to arrive in Paris with AHP around June 15 and stay until the end of July. Also mentions that he has been invited to speak in London on July 1 and visit the Institut de Chimie of Montpellier during the second half of June, and would like to visit Toulouse at some point. [Letter from LP to Dupouy April 18, 1956, Letter from Dupouy to LP March 19, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.23]
• Letter from LP to J. Salvinien, Faculte des Sciences de Montpellier, RE: Accepts Salvinien's invitation to come to Montpellier and give a short conference. Suggests that he give a talk on abnormal hemoglobin molecules in relation to disease. [Letter from Salvinien to LP February 26, 1957, Letter from Salvinien to LP March 20, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.24]
• Letter from LP to M.G. Dupouy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, RE: the possibility of LP traveling to France during June and July of 1957. LP mentions that he was invited to come to France in 1956, but wants to know if 1957 is okay too. [Letter from Dupouy to LP dated February 25, 1956; March 19, 1957] [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. W. H. Freeman, RE; Returns the drafts of the statements on editorial purposes, the chemistry series, and the organic chemistry course. Says that he thinks the material is very useful and made a few notes in the margins. Says that he thinks a successful book might be made combining Lucas's tests with Roberts's notes. [Letter from Freeman to LP, February 21, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Ray Yaller, RE: Informs Yaller that other engagements prevent him from accepting the invitation to speak before the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Women on April 18th. Says that this winter he is having a hard time fitting into his schedule all of the engagements that he would like to make. [Handwritten note from Yaller to LP, February 27, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Y: Correspondence, 1938-1977.), Box #462, Folder #462.13]
• Letter from LP to Nelson C. Jackson, Associate Director, National Urban League, Inc RE: Recommends Amos Murphy to a position in the Urban League. Provides background on his education as well as his personal characteristics. States that he would do an excellent job in social conscious type jobs as well as in the area of race relations. [Letter from Mr. Jackson to LP February 14, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1957), #192.23]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.1]

  5 March 1957

  Dear Peter:

  I think that I should prefer to pay for the microscope, even though you turn it while you are in London, rather than to have you make a contribution toward its purchase.

  I think that you are right in saying that deuterium oxide forms stronger bonds than protein oxide. The increased strength of the bonds - both the covalent oxygen-hydrogen bonds and the so-called hydrogen bonds - can be attributed, I think, to a smaller zero-point vibrational energy for deuterium than for proteum, because of its larger mass. If the vibrational frequency and the temperature are such that the zero-point energy is considerably larger than kT, then the difference in zero-point energy is essentially a difference in bond energy. Perhaps it would be worth while, as you suggest, to get diffraction data for deuterium oxide. I have a feeling, however, that the difference in structure is pretty small. Neutron scattering is, of course, a useful way of finding where the hydrogen atoms are. Have you seen the paper by Peterson and Levy on ice? It was in the last Journal of Chemical Physics. In the case of water, we are, I think, pretty sure where the hydrogen atoms are, relative to the oxygen atoms, but something might be discovered by further neutron experiments.

  Did I tell you that Barclay Bay is planning to carry out an experimental investigation of the high-pressure forms of ice?

  I hope that your structure investigations of the rhenium chloride compounds go along well.

  I haven't done anything much on the water paper recently. Tonight I am going to talk about it at the American Association of Clinical Chemists - I had to give a talk to them because I am being made an honorary member, and I was tired of talking about the same old things.

  Mama is taking French lessons from Berlitz, 6 hours a week, in preparation of our trip to France.

  Much love from

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from M.H. Sloan, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to LP RE: Sorry that LP cannot participate in the Conference on Hemoglobin. And asks if one of his associates would like to attend. Encloses a tentative schedule for the conference and briefly discusses some of the people who will be there. [Letter from LP to Sloan April 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1955-1969), Box #14.021, Folder #21.2]
• Letter from Michael Cohen to LP RE: Defends some of his claims against LP's petition to stop atomic bomb testing. States that halting it should be done for political reasons and not the threat of fallout because it won't be that much. Uses evidence from the NAS report to dispute the number of defective children LP said there would be if testing continued, also uses the report to argue against LP's claims of shortening lifespan. [Letter from LP to Dr. Cohen February 28, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
• Photo: Dr. Kenneth Johnson, Dr. Robert H. Hill, Linus Pauling (holding an award), and Dr. William Bergen. Pauling receiving honorary membership in the American Association of Clinical Chemists. "Left to right: Dr. Kenneth Johnson (section chairman), Dr. Robt. H. Hill, (National President), Dr. Linus Pauling, Dr. Wm. Bergren (section Program Chair.) / March 5, 1957 / LA section of A.A.C.C. / Presentation of Honorary membership in Amer. Assoc. Of Clinical Chemists to Prof. Linus Pauling" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1469] [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1957i.42]