Polarized starlight and the handedness of life

American Scientist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 336-343

  Clark, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012133003     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/1999.4.336     Document Type: Article

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