Mirror-Image Asymmetry: An Introduction to the Origin and Consequences of ChiralityISBN: 978-0-470-38759-7
Paperback
272 pages
March 2010
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Preface.
List of Figures and Biographic Photographs.
1 The Mirror Image.
2 Molecular Chirality in Living Systems.
3 The Origin of Chirality of Living Systems.
4 Chiral Chemistry, Recognition, and Control in Living Systems.
5 Chirality and Drugs.
6 The Chirality of Living Systems.
7 The Handedness of Homo Sapiens.
8 Living in a Right-Hander's World.
9 The Asymmetric Universe.
List of Figures.
Appendix.
Biography.
Index.