Gresham College: "The Shape of Hands: Symmetry, Chirality and Handedness"

This livestream is available online from Gresham College to Basingstoke Science subscribers.

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SUMMARY

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The Geometry of Nature and the Shape of Things
The reflection of my right hand in a mirror is a left hand that looks similar yet is very different from the right. Many natural structures such as proteins, climbing vines, and seashells exhibit the same property known as chirality. Some of these objects are clearly left-handed, some are right-handed, some are both. The ultimate origin of chirality is one of Nature's great mysteries. This lecture discusses the general problem of determining the chirality of an object and how it impacts all branches of sciences.

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