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The left hand of the electron / Isaac Asimov

A collection of seventeen science essays originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The text examines diverse topics including molecular asymmetry, oceanography, Euclidean geometry, and the challenges of global population growth.

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