
Origin of Chirality in the Molecules of Life
This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules. It was Pasteur who first initiated the search for a deterministic theory to explain the ''handedness'' of biomolecules. His theory, that a ''dissimetric'' force was involved, was correct in essence but he never saw the fru...
This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules. It was Pasteur who first initiated the search for a deterministic theory to explain the ''handedness'' of biomolecules. His theory, that a ''dissimetric'' force was involved, was correct in essence but he never saw the fru...