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Tracing the Origins and Evolution of Chirality and Handedness in Chemical Language
Author(s) -
Cintas Pedro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200603714
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , tracing , key (lock) , epistemology , reflection (computer programming) , chemistry , cognitive science , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , psychology , ecology , biology , physics , programming language , quantum mechanics , chiral symmetry breaking , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Chirality, the key concept first proposed by Kelvin , was reintroduced in textbooks in the mid‐1960s. Since then, it has been the source of much reflection and inspiration. This Essay traces the nonchemical origins of the concept and its semantic connotations, which not only enrich the language of chemistry but also have ramifications in, for example, philosophy.