Thursday, February 07, 2013

How Linus Pauling Discovered the α-Helix

Biochemistry students have been learning this little bit of history for over fifty years. I discovered, quite by accident, that there's a video of Linus Pauling telling the story ...


[Hat Tip: The Biochemistry Questions Site]
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2 comments:

  1. TheChemistryOfBeerFriday, February 08, 2013 2:08:00 PM

    Contrast this video of Linus Pauling with John Lennox et als ideas of exposing ones self to good thinking. There is NO comparison.

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  2. SRMFriday, February 08, 2013 2:56:00 PM

    Had to smile at the reference to Vitamin C...

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