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Symmetries in science IV : biological and biophysical systems

Title
Symmetries in science IV : biological and biophysical systems / edited by Bruno Gruber and John H. Yopp.
Publication
New York : Plenum Press, ©1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Gruber, Bruno, 1936-
  • Yopp, John H.
  • Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
  • Vorarlberg (Austria)
  • United States. Office of Naval Research. Branch Office, London.
Description
viii, 244 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Alternative Title
  • Symmetries in science 4.
  • Symmetries in science four.
Subject
  • Symmetry (Biology) > Congresses
  • Molecular biology > Congresses
  • Molecular biology
  • Symmetry (Biology)
  • Symétrie (biologie)
Genre/Form
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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
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
  • 9780306435027
LCCN
90006766
OCLC
  • ocm21037356
  • 21037356
  • SCSB-9645581
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library