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Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life: Caught in the Act of Formation - Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics Uwe Meierhenrich 2008 edition
Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life: Caught in the Act of Formation - Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics
Uwe Meierhenrich
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.
242 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biograp
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 27, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9783540768852 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gm |
| Pages | 242 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 18 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |
| Contributor | Henri B. Kagan |