Winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in the theory of valency; major contributor to the study of the structure of crystals and molecules and molecule abnormality in relation to disease; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to stop nuclear testing in the air and the resultant release of Carbon-14 into the atmosphere; foremost and most eminent advocate of using vitamin supplements, particularly vitamin C, in far greater doses than those recommended by the government: Linus Pauling reveals himself here as a man of wide-ranging interests and intelligence, who has used his scientific eminence to champion non-science causes. He also talks about some of his scientific insights and inspirations, which he ascribes to his know...