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Mirror-image asymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl
| Mirror-image asymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl |
| Autore | Riehl James P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500
541.223 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geometry in nature
Symmetry (Biology) Chirality Random dynamical systems |
| ISBN |
1-282-55009-8
9786612550096 0-470-58888-8 0-470-58887-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
MIRROR-IMAGE ASYMMETRY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES AND BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS; 1 THE MIRROR IMAGE; HANDEDNESS; THE SYMMETRY OF NONSUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES; NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRAL MOLECULES; NOMENCLATURE FOR DISSYMMETRIC AND OTHER CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 2 MOLECULAR CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; FROM BIOT TO PASTEUR; BIOCHEMICAL HOMOCHIRALITY; DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STRUCTURES OF CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES
LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES3 THE ORIGIN OF CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; MUST LIFE BE CHIRAL?; MIRROR-IMAGE LIFE?; THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHIRALITY; NUCLEAR CHIRALITY; OTHER EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES; THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH: BIOCHEMISTRY; GETTING STARTED IN THE RIGHT (OR LEFT) DIRECTION; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 4 CHIRAL CHEMISTRY, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL IN LIVING SYSTEMS; CHIRAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRAL RECOGNITION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL EXAMPLES OF CHIRAL RECOGNITION AND DISCRIMINATIONSMELL; TASTE; COMMUNICATION; CHIRALITY AS A CONTROL MECHANISM IN BIOCHEMISTRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 5 CHIRALITY AND DRUGS; CHIRALITY IN NATURAL REMEDIES AND FOLK MEDICINES; ENANTIOMERIC DIFFERENCES IN NATURAL PRODUCTS; THALIDOMIDE AND REGULATION OF CHIRAL DRUGS; CHIRALITY AND DRUG ACTIVITY; IBUPROFEN; PROZAC; CIALIS; NEXIUM; LIPITOR; CHIRAL SWITCHING; EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE; PREPARATION OF PURE ENANTIOMERS; SUMMARY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGREFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 6 THE CHIRALITY OF LIVING SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY CAUTIONS; CHIRALITY IN NATURE; CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHIRALITY (ASYMMETRY); SYMMETRIC LIFE; RACEMIC LIFE; ASYMMETRIC LIFE; HOMO SAPIENS ASYMMETRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 7 THE HANDEDNESS OF HOMO SAPIENS; ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED?; THE STATISTICS OF HANDEDNESS; THE ORIGIN OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; THE HUMAN GENETICS OF HANDEDNESS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING REFERENCESLIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 8 LIVING IN A RIGHT-HANDER'S WORLD; CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE (OR ANTICLOCKWISE) ROTATION; HELICAL STAIRWAYS; AROUND THE HOUSE; MAKING MUSIC LEFT-HANDED; THE CHIRALITY OF WRITING; SPORTS AND THE LEFT-HANDER; AMERICAN BASEBALL: THE CHIRAL SPORT; DRIVING ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE; WINDMILLS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 9 THE ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE; LIST OF FIGURES; APPENDIX; BIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139434003321 |
Riehl James P
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mirror-image asymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl
| Mirror-image asymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the origin and consequences of chirality / / by James P. Riehl |
| Autore | Riehl James P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500
541.223 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geometry in nature
Symmetry (Biology) Chirality Random dynamical systems |
| ISBN |
1-282-55009-8
9786612550096 0-470-58888-8 0-470-58887-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
MIRROR-IMAGE ASYMMETRY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES AND BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS; 1 THE MIRROR IMAGE; HANDEDNESS; THE SYMMETRY OF NONSUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES; NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRAL MOLECULES; NOMENCLATURE FOR DISSYMMETRIC AND OTHER CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 2 MOLECULAR CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; FROM BIOT TO PASTEUR; BIOCHEMICAL HOMOCHIRALITY; DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE STRUCTURES OF CHIRAL MOLECULES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES
LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES3 THE ORIGIN OF CHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; MUST LIFE BE CHIRAL?; MIRROR-IMAGE LIFE?; THE ORIGIN OF HOMOCHIRALITY IN LIVING SYSTEMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHIRALITY; NUCLEAR CHIRALITY; OTHER EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES; THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH: BIOCHEMISTRY; GETTING STARTED IN THE RIGHT (OR LEFT) DIRECTION; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 4 CHIRAL CHEMISTRY, RECOGNITION, AND CONTROL IN LIVING SYSTEMS; CHIRAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRAL RECOGNITION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL EXAMPLES OF CHIRAL RECOGNITION AND DISCRIMINATIONSMELL; TASTE; COMMUNICATION; CHIRALITY AS A CONTROL MECHANISM IN BIOCHEMISTRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 5 CHIRALITY AND DRUGS; CHIRALITY IN NATURAL REMEDIES AND FOLK MEDICINES; ENANTIOMERIC DIFFERENCES IN NATURAL PRODUCTS; THALIDOMIDE AND REGULATION OF CHIRAL DRUGS; CHIRALITY AND DRUG ACTIVITY; IBUPROFEN; PROZAC; CIALIS; NEXIUM; LIPITOR; CHIRAL SWITCHING; EPHEDRINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE; PREPARATION OF PURE ENANTIOMERS; SUMMARY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGREFERENCES; LIST OF BIOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, SIDEBARS, AND FIGURES; 6 THE CHIRALITY OF LIVING SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY CAUTIONS; CHIRALITY IN NATURE; CLASSIFICATION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHIRALITY (ASYMMETRY); SYMMETRIC LIFE; RACEMIC LIFE; ASYMMETRIC LIFE; HOMO SAPIENS ASYMMETRY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 7 THE HANDEDNESS OF HOMO SAPIENS; ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED?; THE STATISTICS OF HANDEDNESS; THE ORIGIN OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; THE HUMAN GENETICS OF HANDEDNESS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING REFERENCESLIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 8 LIVING IN A RIGHT-HANDER'S WORLD; CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE (OR ANTICLOCKWISE) ROTATION; HELICAL STAIRWAYS; AROUND THE HOUSE; MAKING MUSIC LEFT-HANDED; THE CHIRALITY OF WRITING; SPORTS AND THE LEFT-HANDER; AMERICAN BASEBALL: THE CHIRAL SPORT; DRIVING ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE; WINDMILLS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; LIST OF SIDEBARS AND FIGURES; 9 THE ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE; LIST OF FIGURES; APPENDIX; BIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828371203321 |
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Riehl James P
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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