Electron
Subtitle: A Centenary Volume
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521561303
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Particle & high-energy physics; Electrons; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nuclear Physics; Physics; Science / Physics; Electron
First sentence: Most physicists, especially English speakers, believe that J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, and many of them know it happened in 1897, although a recent edition of the usually reliable Encyclopedia Britannica offers 1895 as an alternative.