Chiral Matter - Proceedings of the Nobel Symposium 167
| PUBLISHER | World Scientific Publishing Company (03/10/2023) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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A geometric figure has chirality, or handedness, if its mirror image cannot be brought to coincide with itself. The concept of chirality was instrumental in establishing the tetrahedral valences of the carbon atom, and has continued to play a key role in chemistry and molecular biology ever since.The fact that living organisms use only one of two mirror isomers of such molecules as amino acids and sugars, that is, the question of the origin of homochirality of the molecular basis of life, remains an unsolved problem of the same dignity as the origin of dark matter and dark energy.The increasing importance of chirality and topology in condensed matter physics and chemistry, and the production of new states of matter in heavy-ion collisions, have brought the concept of chirality into physics and cosmology in a tangible way while at the same time expanded the physics/chemistry interface. The book is the first to address all aspects of chirality in a single volume.
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ISBN-13:
9789811265051
ISBN-10:
9811265054
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Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
276
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
6.69 x 0.69 x 9.61 inches
Weight:
1.42 pound(s)
Country of Origin:
SG
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BISAC Categories
Science | Physics - Condensed Matter
Science | Life Sciences - Biophysics
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A geometric figure has chirality, or handedness, if its mirror image cannot be brought to coincide with itself. The concept of chirality was instrumental in establishing the tetrahedral valences of the carbon atom, and has continued to play a key role in chemistry and molecular biology ever since.The fact that living organisms use only one of two mirror isomers of such molecules as amino acids and sugars, that is, the question of the origin of homochirality of the molecular basis of life, remains an unsolved problem of the same dignity as the origin of dark matter and dark energy.The increasing importance of chirality and topology in condensed matter physics and chemistry, and the production of new states of matter in heavy-ion collisions, have brought the concept of chirality into physics and cosmology in a tangible way while at the same time expanded the physics/chemistry interface. The book is the first to address all aspects of chirality in a single volume.
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