Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life Caught in the Act of Formation |
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| Author:
| Meierhenrich, Uwe |
| Foreword by:
| Kagan, Henri B. |
| Series title: | Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-642-09558-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $269.95 |
Book Description:
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This engaging study seeks to explain why left-handed amino acids violated parity in the emergence of life on Earth. To that end, it offers all the models proposed by physicists, chemists and biologists as well as the scientific conflicts.
This engaging study seeks to explain why left-handed amino acids violated parity in the emergence of life on Earth. To that end, it offers all the models proposed by physicists, chemists and biologists as well as the scientific conflicts.