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Physical Origin of Homochirality in Life
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cline, David B, Author.
- Series:
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chirality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Physical Orgin Of Homochirality In Life, Volume 379
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] A I P Press Imprint 2000
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation Papers from the February 1995 conference explore questions of the necessity of homochiral structure, the homochiral prebiotic medium hypothesis, the potential of homochirality to be used as a signature for existing or previous living systems beyond Earth, and experiments seeking to clarify the origin of homochirality. Contains sections on historical perspective, homochirality and life, models of physical chiral symmetry breaking, and future tests. For chemists, chemical physicists, and astrophysicists. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-56396-507-0
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