1. To second international symposium “Generation and Amplification of Chirality in Chemical Systems”

   • Wolfram Thiemann

   Preface Pages: 5 - 6

2. Review of the origin of asymmetry of biomolecules through weak interaction: Latest developments

   • L. Keszthelyi

   Session I: Chirality and Parity Non-Conservation Pages: 9 - 21

3. An approach to the mechanism of the asymetrical radical formation in yttrium-90-β-irradiated D- and L-alanines

   • Mitsuhiko Akaboshi
   • Masato Noda
   • Keizo Kawamoto

   Session I: Chirality and Parity Non-Conservation Pages: 23 - 29

4. Investigations of electron helicity in optically active molecules using polarized beams of electrons and positrons

   • D. W. Gidley
   • A. Rich
   • P. W. Zitzewitz

   Session I: Chirality and Parity Non-Conservation Pages: 31 - 36

5. Beta irradiation may induce stereoselectivity in the crystallization of optical isomers

   • K. L. Kovács

   Session I: Chirality and Parity Non-Conservation Pages: 37 - 52

6. Reflections on the origin of optical asymmetry on earth

   • Tilo L. V. Ulbricht

   Session II: Sources of Chirality in Nature Pages: 55 - 70

7. Chemical geometrodynamics: Physical fields can cause asymmetric synthesis

   • Ralph C. Dougherty

   Session II: Sources of Chirality in Nature Pages: 71 - 84

8. A new idea and experiment related to the possible interaction between magnetic field and stereoselectivity

   • W. Thiemann
   • U. Jarzak

   Session II: Sources of Chirality in Nature Pages: 85 - 92

9. Unconsidered sources of chirality in nature

   • K. L. Kovacs
   • L. Keszthelyi
   • V. J. Goldanskii

   Session II: Sources of Chirality in Nature Pages: 93 - 103

10. Amplification of optical activity by crystallization in the presence of tailor-made additives. The “inversion rule”

    • L. Addadi
    • J. van Mil
    • M. Lahav

    Session III: Amplification of Chirality from Racemic, Achiral, and Prochiral Conditions Pages: 107 - 118

11. Experiments on the abiotic amplification of optical activity

    • William A. Bonner
    • Neal E. Blair
    • Frederick M. Dirbas

    Session III: Amplification of Chirality from Racemic, Achiral, and Prochiral Conditions Pages: 119 - 134

12. Enantiomer enrichment in early peptides

    • A. Brack
    • G. Spach

    Session III: Amplification of Chirality from Racemic, Achiral, and Prochiral Conditions Pages: 135 - 142

13. Critical evaluation of mathematical models for the amplification of chirality

    • Cs. Fajszi
    • J. Czégé

    Session III: Amplification of Chirality from Racemic, Achiral, and Prochiral Conditions Pages: 143 - 162

14. Conservation of optical purity of amino acids: A principal problem in biochemical and proto-biochemical systems

    • Klaus Dose

    Session IV: Role of Chirality in Evolution of Biosphere Pages: 165 - 171

15. Adsorption of amino acid entantiomers by Na-montmorillonite

    • E. Friebele
    • A. Shimoyama
    • C. Ponnamperuma

    Session IV: Role of Chirality in Evolution of Biosphere Pages: 173 - 184

16. Summary of round table discussion on status of research on “Generation and Amplification of Chirality in Chemical Systems”

    • W. Thiemann

    Session V: Round-Table Discussion on Status of Research Pages: 187 - 190

17. Summary of round table discussion on status of research on “Generation and Amplification of Chirality in Chemical Systems”

    • L. Keszthelyi

    Session V: Round-Table Discussion on Status of Research Pages: 191 - 194