Short description Written at an introductory level, Mirror-image Symmetry provides an overview of the importance and consequences of asymmetry from the atomic and molecular world of physics and chemistry to the organisms and structures that we see in our macroscopic world. Rich with up-to-date examples and theories, the text's numerous drawings of chiral molecules help lend insight as to why nature may have "selected" on isomer over another and will inspire scientists in chemistry, biology, physics, and drug discovery in their syntheses of new compounds.
From the contents Chapter 1: The Mirror Image..
Chapter 2: Molecular Chirality in Living Systems..
Chapter 3: The Origin of Chirality of Living Systems..
Chapter 4: Chiral Chemistry, Recognition and Control..
Chapter 5: Chirality and Drugs..
Chapter 6: The Chirality of Licing Things..
Chapter 7: The Handedness of Homo sapiens..
Chapter 8: Living in a right-handers worlds..
Chapter 9: The Asymmetric Universe.
Appendix I: A primer on interpreting molecular structure drawings..
