The following teaching material is based on an extract from the book "Chemistry, Matter, And The Universe" by Richard E. Dickerson and Irving Geis. Richard Dickerson has kindly given us permission to use his text and the accompanying images in the creation of this multimedia enhanced learning resource.
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