Lucifer's legacy : the meaning of asymmetry / Frank Close
2001, First Edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #393321
ISBN: 019866267X
Physical description: 259p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 20 cm. Notes:
Originally published: 2000.
Includes index. Contents:
1. Lucifer -- 2. Symmetry at large -- 3. Through the looking glass -- 4. Mirror molecules and the origins of life -- 5. Unearthly visions -- 6. Electrick virtue -- 7. Heart of the matter -- 8. Glimpse of symmetry -- 9. Lost symmetries -- 10. Nature's sleight of hand -- 11. Antimatter matters -- 12. Back to the future -- 13. Lucifer's legacy. Subjects: Symmetry (Physics) Symmetry (Physics) Symmetry. Asymmetry. Creation. Atoms. Symmetry (Physics) History. Cosmology History
Cosmology. Symmetry (Physics). Symétrie (Physique). Symmetry (Physics). Symmetrie.
Kosmologie. Natuurkunde.
Biochemie. SYMMETRY.
ASYMMETRY. ORIGINS.
PHYSICS.
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