Pauling even had a small group: Judson (1996, p. 131) heard about this meeting from a scientist who had worked at Caltech that winter. Pauling was apparently attempting to cheer himself up, given his political problems at the time.

“We have, we believe, discovered”: Pauling’s letter to Alexander Todd is on the Oregon State University website at http://osulibrary.orst.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/corr/sci9.001.16-1p-todd-19521219.html.

sent on the same day to Henry Allen Moe: This letter is also on the Oregon State University website at http://osulibrary.orst.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/corr/sci14.014.7-lp-moe-19521219.html.

“To my left, near the window”: P. Pauling, 1973.

“I was told a story today”: Letter from Peter Pauling to Linus, Ava Helen, and Crellin Pauling, Peter’s brother. At http://osulibrary.orst.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/corr/bio5.041.6-peterpauling-paulings-19530113.html.