This is absolutely incredible. I’ve never read Asimov beyond one or two short stories, now I feel compelled to read his grander works. What an insanely keen mind.
> 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.
