It was obvious-to me at any rate-that the answer was to why an enzyme is able to speed up a chemical reaction by as much as 10 million times. It had to do this by lowering the energy of activation-the… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation,… — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.… — Linus Pauling Copy Share
[Professor Pauling] confesses that he had harboured the feeling that sooner or later he would be the one to get the DNA structure; and… — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being. My most… — Linus Pauling Copy Share
But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe - and I am… — Linus Pauling Copy Share
Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
I try to identify myself with the atoms ... I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. — Linus Pauling Copy Share
