suitable for the biotechnology syllabus of Bsc first year bio-physics

1. Made by :
Vipin Kr Shukla
Himt College Greater Noida.

2.  Chirality is a useful concept in physical and life sciences, especially when applied
to a molecular level.
 It derives from the Greek Word “ Cheir” meaning “ Hand” because , like hands the
molecules and objects in general are not super-imposable with their mirror images.
 The Term Chiral was coined by Lord Kelvin in his Baltimore lectures (Given in
1884 and 1893) .
 Although its usage remained ignored for nearly one century, being re-discovered by
the mid-1960s to define a geometrical model devoid of certain symmetry elements,
with the expectation of an axis of rotation.