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Almost, it was d- and l-tarataric acid that he separated from recemic acid (hence
the term racemic mixture).
http://www.xrefer.com/entry/494989
and for the evolution thread: http://www.creationsafaris.com/epoi_c03.htm
bc
Brian Whatcott wrote:
At 10:17 PM 8/28/02, Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>,
you wrote:
...The fact that the equations of classical physics
are chirally invariant, does not imply that there are not chiral solutions
to these equations. Otherwise right-handedness would not be a dominant
human trait.
On a whimsical note, the idea of a chiral solution calls to mind the fellow who
picked out the laevo- and dextro- crystals from a sugar? solution, to
identify the optical handedness of various solutions.
Wasn't it Pasteur?
Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!