The Left Hand of the Electron

The Left Hand of the Electron is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays written by Isaac Asimov, first published by Doubleday & Company in 1972. It was the ninth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. They concern the effect of electron-spin direction on molecular structure e.g. the "Inverse Sugar" (similar to Inverted sugar syrup) in honey with philosophical reflections on the minority of left handedness in general.

Contents

• A — The Problem of Left and Right
  • 1 — Odds and Evens
  • 2 — The Left Hand of the Electron
  • 3 — Seeing Double
  • 4 — The 3-D Molecule
  • 5 — The Asymmetry of Life
• B — The Problem of Oceans
  • 6 — The Thalassogens
  • 7 — Hot Water
  • 8 — Cold Water
• C — The Problem of Numbers and Lines
  • 9 — Prime Quality
  • 10 — Euclid's Fifth
  • 11 — The Plane Truth
• D — The Problem of the Platypus
  • 12 — Holes in the Head
• E — The Problem of History
  • 13 — The Eureka Phenomenon
  • 14 — Pompey and Circumstance
  • 15 — Bill and I
• F — The Problem of Population
  • 16 — Stop!
  • 17 — ...But How?

Notes

• Asimov, Isaac (1972). The Left Hand of the Electron. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-440-94717-0.