Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality
AUTHOR:
Riehl, James P.
ISBN:
9780470387597
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xix, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
SUBJECT:
| Geometry in nature |
| Symmetry (Biology) |
| Chirality |
| Random dynamical systems |