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Aug 27, 2024

A history of the electron: JJ and GP Thomson

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J.J. Thomson won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1906 showing that the electron is a particle: ironically, his son, G.P. Thomson, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1937 showing that it is not (or rather that the electron can also behave as a wave)


A tale of two Thomsons.

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