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Title

Symmetries in science IV : biological and biophysical systems / edited by Bruno Gruber and John H. Yopp.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1990.

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Additional Authors

• Gruber, Bruno, 1936-
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
• United States. Office of Naval Research. Branch Office, London.
• Vorarlberg (Austria)
• Yopp, John H.

Description

viii, 244 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Alternative Title

• Symmetries in science 4.
• Symmetries in science four.

Subject

• Molecular biology > Congresses
• Symmetry (Biology) > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Proceedings of a symposium entitled Symmetries in science IV: biological and biophysical systems, held July 24-27, 1989, at Landesbildungszentrum Schloss Hofen, Lochau, Vorarlberg, Austria"--T.p. verso.
• "Co-sponsored by: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Land Vorarlberg, U.S. Office of Naval Research, London"--Foreword.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Symmetry in synthetic and natural peptides / E. Benedetti, B. Di Blasio, A. Lombardi, V. Pavone, and C. Pedone -- Local and global model of Fibonacci plant symmetries / S. Bérczi -- Structures, forms, patterns, and perception : a brain-theoretic point of view / P. Erdi -- The emergence of living functions from molecules / S.W. Fox -- Biomolecular handedness and the weak interaction / A.J. MacDermott and G.E. Tranter -- Nonlocality and symmetry in quantum mechanics versus localizability and symmetry-breaking in protobiology / K. Matsuno -- Evolutionary meanings of the primary and secondary structures of the "ur-RNA," a primitive possibly self-replicating ribo-organism commonly ancestral to tRNAs, 5S-rRNA, and virusoids / K. Ohnishi -- Influence of nucleic acid on racemisation of peptide synthesis by water soluble carbodiimide and its relevance to the origin of genetic code / S.K. Podder and H.S. Basu -- Asymmetry and the origin of life / C. Ponnamperuma, Y. Honda, and R. Navarro-González -- Some ideas on evolution and symmetry breaking of biosphere on earth / W. Thiemann -- Origin of trace element requirements by living matter / V. Valkovic.

ISBN

0306435020

LCCN

^^^90006766^

OCLC

21037356

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library