Creating the Molecules of Life (eBook)

Richard Boyd received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in nuclear physics. His interest in astrophysics has developed over the years and he is currently an emeritus professor at The Ohio State University where he also works in the astronomy department. Boyd has collaborated on more than 200 scientific publications with colleagues around the world.Michael Famiano received his PhD in nuclear physics from The Ohio State University and is currently an associate professor of of nuclear astrophysics in the Department of Physics at Western Michigan University. Famiano’s primary research interest is in stellar nucleosynthesis, which involves theoretical modeling of astrophysical sites and experimental measurements of nuclear properties.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Origin of the Lightest Elements

Chapter 3. Heavier
Elements: The Chart of the Nuclides

Chapter 4. Creation
and Detection of Molecules in the Interstellar Medium

Chapter 5. Amino Acids
and Chirality

Chapter 6. Determining
Molecular Properties by Quantum Molecular Calculations

Chapter 7. The SNAAP
Model: Nature’s Way to Select Chiral Selectivity?

Chapter 8. Getting the
amino acids into the Interstellar Medium

Chapter 9. Other Ways
Scientists Have Explained Amino Acid Chirality

Chapter 10. Amino Acid
Chirality and the Origin of Life

Appendix

Glossary