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Mayonnaise and the origin of life

by Harold J. Morowitz

1985 244 pages eng

Mayonnaise is a mixture of oil and water. But we know that oil and water do not mix. What is the magic ingredient that allows us to mix salad oil and weak acetic acid (vinegar - mostly water)? It takes a special long molecule – an amphiphilic molecule, which has an affinity for water on one end a…

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