Linus Pauling
has been awarded two Nobel Prizes:
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954
Prize motivation: "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1962
Prize motivation: "for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West"
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