This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achievements of J.J. Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the discovery. It describes Thomson's early years and education. It then considers his career at Cambridge, first as a fellow of Trinity, later as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and finally as Master of Trinity and national spokesman for science. The core of the book is concerned with the work undertaken at the Cavendish, culminating in the discovery of "corpuscles", later named "electrons".; In the final two chapters, the immediate aftermath and implications of the work are described. These include the creation of the subject of atomic physics as well as the broader long term developments which can be traced from vacuum valves and the transistor through to the microelectronics revolution.
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'A valuable and useful book...the authors give valuable background information to Thomson's scientific works. a fine tribute to one of the pioneers of modern physics and a welcome contribution to the historiography of the first phase of what became a revolution in microphysics... excellent illustrations...the reproduction of Thomson's papers will be reason enough to buy the book, and in addition the reader will have David and Falconer's expert contextualisations of the papers' - - "Centaurus"
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Philosophical Magazine, Owens College, Mathematics Tripos, Recent Researches, Trinity College, Cavendish Professor, British Association, Lord Kelvin, Royal Institution, Arthur Schuster, Balfour Stewart, Lord Rayleigh, Adams Prize, University of Bath, Cambridge University Press, Mathematical Tripos, New York, References Cambridge University Library, The Electrician, The Life of Sir, Motion of Electrified Bodies, Osborne Reynolds, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Natural Philosophy New!
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- Recollections and Reflections (History Philosophy and Sociology of Science Ser) by Judith Jarvis Thomson on 5 pages
- Conduction of Electricity Through Gases: v. 1 by J. J. Thomson in Front Matter, page 193, and page 211
- Electricity and Magnetism (Practical Science Resources) by Peter Bell on page 212
- Applications of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry by Joseph John Thomson on page 13
- Electricity and Magnetism (Hands-On Physical Science) by Joel Beller on page 212
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