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The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings
July 26, 2005, Dover Publications
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The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings
1990, W.H. Freeman
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The ambidextrous universe: mirror asymmetry and time-reversed worlds
1979, Scribner
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Ambidextrous Universe: Left, Right, and the Fall of Parity
1969, New American Library
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The Ambidextrous Universe: Left, Right, and the Fall of Parity
1964, Basic Books
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Table of Contents
Preface
Page vii
1.
Mirrors
Page 11
2.
Lineland and Flatland
Page 16
3.
Solidland
Page 23
4.
Magic
Page 32
5.
Art, Music, and Poetry
Page 39
6.
Galaxies, Suns, and Planets
Page 48
7.
Plants and Animals
Page 55
8.
Asymmetry in Animals
Page 65
9.
The Human Body
Page 72
10.
The Sinistral Minority
Page 80
11.
Crystals
Page 86
12.
Molecules
Page 98
13.
Carbon
Page 109
14.
Living Molecules
Page 121
15.
The Origin of Life
Page 129
16.
The Origin of Asymmetry
Page 139
17.
The Fourth Dimension
Page 143
18.
The Ozma Problem
Page 158
19.
Mach's Shock
Page 166
20.
Parity
Page 182
21.
Antiparticles
Page 191
22.
The Fall of Parity
Page 204
23.
Neutrinos
Page 218
24.
Mr. Split
Page 226
25.
Is the Osma Problem Solved?
Page 237
Answers to Exercises
Page 224
Index
Page 247
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