I roto i te mutunga o te 1920, Pauling tīmata te whakaputa tuhinga i runga i te āhua o te here matū. I waenganui i 1937 me 1938, ka mau ia i te tūranga rite George Fischer Baker Non-Resident Lecturer i roto i te Matū i Cornell University. Ahakoa i Cornell, tukua e ia he raupapa o tekau ma iwa mau mau mau mau haapiiraa, ka oti te nuinga o tona pukapuka rongonui te Nature o te here matū. Kei te hāngai te reira i runga i te nuinga o tona mahi i roto i tenei wāhi e riro ia te Nobel Prize i roto i te matū i roto i 1954 "mo tona rangahau i roto i te āhua o te here matū, me tona tono ki te elucidation o te hanganga o ngā matū matatini". kua whakaaro pukapuka Pauling o "te pukapuka matū tino whai mana o tenei rau tau, me tona Bible". I roto i te 30 tau i muri i tona putanga tuatahi i whakaputaina i roto i te 1939, i neke atu i te 16,000 wa i te pukapuka i whakahuatia i tenei ra. Ahakoa maha atu i te tuhinga pūtaiao hou, me te whakaoti i whakaoti i te nuinga o tona
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