Asimov Isaac. The Left Hand of the Electron

Doubleday, 1972. — 248 p. — ISBN 9780385043458, 0385043457.«The Left Hand of the Electron» is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist 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. The title comes from the topic of the first section which deals with chirality of electroweak interactions and chirality of organic compounds and the possible connection between the two. Other essays in this book 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.The Problem of Left and Right
Odds and Evens
The Left Hand of the Electron
Seeing Double
The 3-D Molecule
The Asymmetry of Life
The Problem of Oceans
The Thalassogens
Hot Water
Cold Water
The Problem of Numbers and Lines
Prime Quality
Euclid's Fifth
The Plane Truth
The Problem of the Platypus
Holes in the Head
The Problem of History
The Eureka Phenomenon
Pompey and Circumstance
Bill and I
The Problem of Population
Stop!
..But How?