History of Chirality

	Revision 3 . . October 31, 2001 7:47 am by Damian Yerrick [Tetris pieces]
	Revision 2 . . October 31, 2001 7:21 am by Josh Grosse

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Many familiar objects are chiral - for instance, a right glove and left glove are enantiomorphic. Some molecules are chiral, for instance [optical isomer]?s, and their study is part of stereochemistry. The fundamental laws of physics may be chiral, as the weak charge is not invariant under a reflection unless particle are replaced by their antiparticles as well, and kaon? decay appears to violate even that symmetry.

Many familiar objects are chiral - for instance, a right glove and left glove are enantiomorphic, and so are the S and Z tetrominoes of the popular video game Tetris. Some molecules are chiral, for instance [optical isomer]?s, and their study is part of stereochemistry. The fundamental laws of physics may be chiral, as the weak charge is not invariant under a reflection unless particle are replaced by their antiparticles as well, and kaon? decay appears to violate even that symmetry.