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"Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977. Produced for NOVA by Robert Richter/WGBH-Boston. "...As Good an Excuse As I Can Think Of..." (0:44)

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Linus Pauling: ...here is another one, the polypeptide chain twisted into this helical form. This is the double helix discovered by Watson and Crick. Professor Corey and I were interested in it at the time. I even expressed the feeling that I thought sometime I would find the structure of nucleic acid. But thinking back on it, I decided that I wasn't working hard enough at the job. That's as good an excuse as I can think of, that I wasn't working hard enough.

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Date: 1977
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ID: 1977v.66
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