Linus Pauling: 3 books

When this classic text was first published in 1935, it fulfilled the goal of its authors "to produce a textbook of practical quantum mechanics for the chemist, the experimental physicist, and the beginning student of theoretical physics." Although many who are teachers today once worked with the book...

America’s premier scientist and peace activist Linus Pauling (1901-94) and Daisaku Ikeda worked for decades in the cause of disarmament, international understanding and universal peace. Both men are absolute pacifists. A timely publication at a critical juncture in world affairs, this book is the...

"An excellent text, highly recommended." — ChoiceWhen it was first published, this first-year chemistry text revolutionized the teaching of chemistry by presenting it in terms of unifying principles instead of as a body of unrelated facts. Those principles included modern theories of atomic and...