It would have been much easier if they had been living in different countries. The contribution of England's coziness . . . plus the English sense of fair play would not allow F. to move in on M.'s problem. In France, where fair play obviously did not exist, these problems would not have arisen. The States also would not have permitted such a situation to develop. One would not expect someone at Berkeley to ignore a first class problem merely because someone at Cal Tech. had started first.
- Double Helix
курсив мой - вс
see also "The State Department did not want troublemakers like Pauling" - про то, кто, где и когда был невыездной...
