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Symmetries in Science IV

Biological and Biophysical Systems

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Bruno Gruber

    1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

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  2. John H. Yopp

    1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Symmetry in Synthetic and Natural Peptides

    • E. Benedetti, B. Di Blasio, A. Lombardi, V. Pavone, C. Pedone
    Pages 1-14

  3. Local and Global Model of Fibonacci Plant Symmetries

    • Szaniszló Bérczi
    Pages 15-28

  4. Structures, Forms, Patterns and Perception: A Brain-Theoretic Point of View

    • P. Erdi
    Pages 29-52

  5. The Emergence of Living Functions from Molecules

    • Sidney W. Fox
    Pages 53-66

  6. Biomolecular Handedness and the Weak Interaction

    • A. J. MacDermott, G. E. Tranter
    Pages 67-124

  7. Nonlocality and Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics versus Localizability and Symmetry-Breaking In Protobiology

    • Koichiro Matsuno
    Pages 125-146

  8. Evolutionary Meanings of the Primary and Secondary Structures of the “UR-RNA”, A Primitive Possibly Self-Replicating Ribo-Organism Commonly Ancestral to tRNAs, 5S-rRNA and Virusoids

    • Koji Ohnishi
    Pages 147-176

  9. Influence of Nucleic Acid on Racemisation of Peptide Synthesis by Water Soluble Carbodiimide and its Relevance to the Origin of Genetic Code

    • S. K. Podder, H. S. Basu
    Pages 177-192

  10. Asymmetry and the Origin of Life

    • C. Ponnamperuma, Y. Honda, R. Navarro-González
    Pages 193-203

  11. Some Ideas on Evolution of Symmetry Breaking of Biosphere on Earth

    • W. Thiemann
    Pages 205-212

  12. Origin of Trace Element Requirements by Living Matter

    • Vlado Valkovic
    Pages 213-242

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 243-244
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

    Bruno Gruber, John H. Yopp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Symmetries in Science IV

  • Book Subtitle: Biological and Biophysical Systems

  • Editors: Bruno Gruber, John H. Yopp

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0597-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7884-9Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0597-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 244

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general

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