Pauling Linus Robert Corey (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pp. 10-33. Stapled as issued. Very Good. Authors's offprint. Later version, in smaller format, with white wrappers. The original version of the offprint is in a larger format. At some later date--I do not know when--a smaller format, with white wrappers, was produced. The smaller format is definitely NOT the original offprint, but it is also definitely a version originating with Linus Pauling, and not a photocopy produced by an individual for their own use. These two papers were part of a session at the Royal Society, May 1, 1952, entitled "A Discussion on the Structure of Proteins". Linus Pauling was awarded 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.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8 pp, with 4 text figures. Stapled as issued. Crease in each blank, upper margin, else Very Good. First Edition. Author's offprint. "We are indebted to Prof. W. T. Astbury, Dr. I. MacArthur, Mr. F. H. C. Crick, and other workers in the field of the structure of proteins for having discussed with us the question of the structure of [alpha]-keratin. . . ." The first eight publications by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey on the alpha helix and pleated sheets of polypeptide chains appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April and May 1951. Linus Pauling was awarded 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.".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pp. 247-252 with 3 text figures, and pp. 253-256 with 2 text figures. Original wrappers. Stapled as issued. Heavy creases in wrappers and text leaves. Good. First Edition. These two papers, which appeared one after the other in the same issue of the journal, were issued in a single offprint. The first eight publications by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey on the alpha helix and pleated sheets of polypeptide chains appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April and May 1951. Linus Pauling was awarded 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.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pp. 729-740 with 7 text figures, and pp. 86-93 with 4 text figures. Original wrappers. Stapled as issued. Light creases in wrappers and text leaves. Red pencil name of former owner (J. Waser) on front wrapper. Very Good. First Edition. These two papers were issued in a single offprint. The first eight publications by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey on the alpha helix and pleated sheets of polypeptide chains appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April and May 1951. The two papers in this offprint were published not long after. Linus Pauling was awarded 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." NOTE about former owner Jurg Waser: "Born in 1916 in Zürich, Switzerland, Dr. Waser attended the University of Zürich and came to the United States in 1939 intending to spend a year on a graduate student exchange program at Caltech. The outbreak of war kept him in Pasadena, where he completed a Ph.D. in chemistry with Linus Pauling in 1944.".

1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF LINUS PAULING AND ROBERT COREY'S FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR SEMINAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FINDINGS REGARDING THE THEORETICAL ALPHA AND GAMMA HELIXES, TWO CONFIGURATIONS OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS IN PROTEINS. The authors "must have realized the bombshell they had dropped on the scientific world. Knowledge of the inner workings of proteins -- molecules often referred to as the building blocks of life -- would be the key to understanding biology at the molecular level" (Brownlee in PNAS Website). A full decade before x-ray crystallography first revealed the structures of proteins, Pauling and Corey deduced their main structural features: the alpha and the gamma helix. Their work had the same significance for proteins as the Watson and Crick papers, published two years later, had for the structure of DNA. In the short letter that published in this volume, the two scientists clearly state "that they had come up with two spiral models; they mention their hydrogen bonding scheme and assert that there was evidence that the proposed structures were present in a variety of proteins. They hinted at a molecular model for silk. They said nothing about the discrepancy between their models and the x-ray data. They ended with the promise that 'a detailed account of this work will be published soon'" (Special Collections and Archive Research, Oregon State). "Pauling and Corey's research, now over a half-century old, guides today's biotechnology revolution and the search for hundreds of disease cures -- drugs that may someday conquer Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, Mad Cow disease and many forms of cancer" (Brownlee). Linus Paulingwon the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances' (Nobel Prize Committee). CONDITION & DETAILS: Easton: American Chemical Society. Full volume. Quarto (10.25 x 7.5 inches; 256 x 188mm). Bound in maroon cloth with decorative paper boards. Gilt-lettered, green morocco spine label. Minor rubbing and scuffing at the edges. Tiny spot on spine label. Tightly and very solidly bound. Bright and clean throughout. Very good condition.

1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF THREE OF SEVEN PAPERS BY PAULING AND COREY ON THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS. A decade before x-ray crystallography first revealed the structures of proteins, Pauling and Corey deduced their main structural features: the 'alpha-helix,' the 'gamma helix' and the 'beta sheet.' Their work had the same significance for proteins as the Watson and Crick papers (published two years later) had for the structure of DNA. "Instead of tackling the structure of an entire protein, the two scientists' efforts centered on discrete bits of proteins -- tiny crystals made up of repeating units called amino acids. When numberous amino acids link together to form chains, the chains assemble into one of several different configurations. Because an entire protein can encompass hundreds of these configurations folded into a tangled and sometimes impenetrable bundle, Pauling and Corey focused on elucidating the structure of each configuration one by one" (Brownlee, 'The Protein Papers,' on the PNAS at 100: Classics of the Scientific Literature, PNAS Website). "Pauling and Corey's research, now over a half-century old, guides today's biotechnology revolution and the search for hundreds of disease cures" (ibid). Linus Pauling was awarded 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" (ibid). CONDITION & DETAILS: Easton, PA: National Academy of Sciences. Two volume first edition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 37 and 38, 1951. Entire volumes. Quarto. (10 x 7 inches; 250 x 175mm). Bound in dark tan buckram, gilt-lettered at the spine. Moderate surface rubbing and scuffing. Tightly and very solidly bound. Bright and very clean throughout. Very good condition.