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Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality

Title
Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / James P. Riehl.
Author
Riehl, James P.
Publication
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

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Description
xix, 242 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (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.
ISBN
  • 9780470387597 (pbk.)
  • 0470387599 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • 2009051005
  • 40017767262
OCLC
  • 310400173
  • ocn310400173
  • SCSB-5517936
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries