Thiotimoline
Sign in to saveThiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by American biochemist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It was first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. The major peculiarity of the chemical is its "endochronicity": it starts dissolving before it makes contact with water.
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9 sectionsContents
- Chemical properties
- Background
- "The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline"
- "Thiotimoline and the Space Age"
- "Thiotimoline to the Stars"
- Other references to thiotimoline
- See also
- References
- External links
Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by American biochemist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It was first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. The major peculiarity of the chemical is its "endochronicity": it starts dissolving before it makes contact with water.
Asimov went on to write three additional short stories, each describing different properties or uses of thiotimoline.