Physical Origin of Homochirality in Life

Author/creator Cline, David B. Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoA I P Press [Imprint] New York : Springer
Description250 p. ill
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SeriesAIP Conference Proceedings Ser. No. 379
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 copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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