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Author:
Riehl, James P.
Title:
Mirror-image asymmetry : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / James P. Riehl.
Publisher:
Wiley,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xix, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Geometry in nature.
Symmetry (Biology)
Chirality.
Random dynamical systems.
Notes:
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:
0470387599 (pbk.)
9780470387597 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)310400173
LCCN:
2009051005
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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