FAQ About Linus Pauling
Did Linus Pauling win any Nobel Prizes, and for what achievements?
Yes, Linus Pauling is one of the few individuals to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his activism against nuclear weapons testing.
