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Linus Pauling Legacy/Astronomy Update
In this hour we'll profile the life and work of two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. How did his scientific contributions change the way we understand the world and everything in it? Topping the hour will be an update of this week's astronomy news from the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Guests:
Andrew Fraknoi
Chairman of the Astronomy Department
Foothill College
Los Altos, CA
Thomas Hager
Author, "The Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling"
Director of Communications
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Alexander Rich
Sedgewick Professor of Biophysics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
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