Subject: SUMMARY OF ANSWERS TO PAULING POINT

From: "E. Lewars" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:58:48 -0500 (EST)

1998 Dec 15
              PAULING POINT
Thanks to all who replied to my question about the term _Pauling Point_:
who first used it and if the Pauling is Linus Pauling.
 Apparently no one knows who first used it, but there is agreement that it
refers to Linus Pauling.

                 E. Lewars

ANSWERS, MY SUMMARY (if any one has been omitted, it's my carelessness)

#1
Masao  Masamura
Yes, 99% sure (it's Linus Pauling)

#2
Alan Shusterman
The idea is that a graph of understanding vs. effort rises steeply then goes
down a bit then rises again. Pauling was an expert in getting good understanding
>from moderate effort.

#3
Michael Nolan
Probably find it in Pauling's "The Nature of the Chemical Bond"

#4
Georg Schreckenbach
L Pauling has been great at locating such points. Attempts by his successors to
improve on this tend to make matters worse.
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