How long does it take to read The Left Hand of the Electron?
The Left Hand of the Electron by Isaac Asimov takes about 4 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Previous: The Solar System and Back Next: The Tragedy of the Moon
About 4 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 233 pages, about 64,075 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays. It was the ninth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. 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 The Problem of Oceans 6 — The Thalassogens 7 — Hot Water 8 — Cold Water The Problem of Numbers and Lines 9 — Prime Quality 10 — Euclid's Fifth 11 — The Plane Truth The Problem of the Platypus 12 — Holes in the Head The Problem of History 13 — The Eureka Phenomenon 14 — Pompey and Circumstance 15 — Bill and I The Problem of Population 16 — Stop! 17 — ...But How?
Subjects: Science
