Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality /
An overview of the importance and consequences of asymmetry from molecules to the macroscopic world. As scientists have become more capable of probing the structure of three-dimensional objects at the molecular level, the need to understand the concept and the consequences of mirror-image asymmetryc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The mirror image
- Molecular chirality in living systems
- The origin of chirality in living systems
- Chiral chemistry, recognition, and control in living systems
- Chirality and drugs
- The chirality of living things
- The handedness of homo sapiens
- Living in a right-handers worlds
- The asymmetric universe.