Excerpt from The Development and Present Aspects of Stereo-Chemistry Aspects Stereo-ChemistryThe foundation for much that is now accepted in stereo chemical theories was laid by Pasteur in 1860 - 61. In his Recherches sur la dissymétrie moléculaire des pr'oduits organiques naturels, he referred the peculiar optical isome rism of the tartaric acids to a lack of symmetry in the mole cule, just as optical activity in crystals is referred to a lack of symmetry in the crystalline individual.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.