Pauling..

Ha i had just finished reading the biography of Linus Pauling. Am impressed with the life he led and live, aside for him being a fervent proponent of vitamin C =) Well, he's the only man (i think) who was ever awarded 2 single nobel prizes (meaning not shared with others); one for peace, the other for chemistry. If only i can attain half his level of intellectual and intuitive capabilities, i wanna be as pro a chemist as he's, but an organic one =) *inspired*
shall end off with 2 quotes from his biography..

"In the long run, Linus Pauling the chemist will be remembered and Linus Pauling the man largely forgotten, but it was the man who made the chemist possible. "

"In his work on crystal structure, chemical bonding, and molecular biology, his very human personality quirks came together with his almost superhuman intellectual abilities, and the result was wonderful science"