Linus Pauling American chemist, biochemist, peace activist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954, Linus Pauling listens to a speaker during the Oxford Peace Conference in 1962 Full Size Image Gallery: Political Activism Keywords 1960s1962activismactivistAmericanaudienceB+Wbiochemistblack and whiteCampaign for Nuclear DisarmamentchemistCNDLinus PaulingLondonNobel Prize for ChemistryOxford Peace Conferencepeace campaignerpolitical protestpoliticsprotest movementquantum theorySwinging Sixties