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Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his advocacy against above-ground nuclear testing.
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Is it true that Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his advocacy against above-ground nuclear testing?
Yes. Linus Pauling was awarded the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his prominent anti-nuclear activism and opposition to nuclear weapons testing.
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States Pauling was awarded the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to ban nuclear weapons testing.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: 4.4%3A Characteristics of Covalent Bonds. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Illinois_Springfield/CHE_124%3A_General_Chemistry_for_the_Health_Professions_(Morsch_and_Andrews)/04%3A_Covalent_Bonding_and_Simple_Molecular_Compounds/4.4%3A_Characteristics_of_Covalent_Bonds
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States he received the 1962 peace prize for opposition to weapons of mass destruction and nuclear testing.
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OpenStax: OpenStax Chemistry 2e: 7.2 Covalent Bonding. (n.d.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/chemistry-2e/pages/1e445aa2-713a-496d-8052-c6008a85677c@
Notes he won the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize after speaking out strongly against nuclear testing.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: A legend in his own lifetime: double Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. http://ukrbiochemjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Danylova_TV_3_21.pdf
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Structural Biochemistry/Linus Pauling. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Linus_Pauling
Notes he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his peace activism.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Linus Pauling. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling
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