On Chirality and the Universal Asymmetry £55.00
The discovery of the violation of parity in 1956 was more than a sensation, for some it was a shock. It implied that the universe displays handedness, or chirality, and that it is fundamentally asymmetric. This book is a brief review of the various manifestations of handedness, or chirality, in the universe. Until half a century ago, it was assumed that the forces of nature were symmetric and that they did not distinguish between right and left, between image and mirror image. The discovery of the...