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Alice K Tao's avatar

I am entranced!

A dear old friend who was also a scientist named his son Linus. Now I know why in a deeper level.

I also remember fascinated by your hometown visit travel log in the Herald long time ago. Memories fading fast for me now.

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Steve Heilig's avatar

Great story. I interviewed Pauling at his Big Sur retreat in 1993, not long before he died. It was a great visit, but I wish I’d heard this story before then and could have asked him about it. Or maybe not…

(Jack Kerouac also famously spent a harrowing night lecturing to the Big Sur surf, at Bixby Creek just after Pauling’s ordeal - see Kerouac’s book “Big Sur” - but that was a quite different scenario).

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Joe Livernois's avatar

I thought about including the Kerouac thing, but didn't want to derail the narrative. Bobby Darin also had his Big Sur fright, I'm told.

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Joe Livernois's avatar

Thanks. I'll fix it.

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Addison Kamb's avatar

Hi! Linus's wife's name was Ava Helen, not Eva :)

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Joe Livernois's avatar

She was an amazing woman in her own right!

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Bigsurkate's avatar

Wow! What a great article! I did not know that about Dr. Pauling.

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Joe Livernois's avatar

Thanks. Permission to share, because sharing is caring.

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Bigsurkate's avatar

Always, Joe

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