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The septuagenarian electron

MAY 01, 1967
Concepts of the electron have evolved gradually from work on cathode rays, determinations of mass and charge, and predictions and tests of its wavelike properties.
Sir George Thomson

THE YEAR 1897 HAS the best claim to be the birth year of the electron; for in it the main ideas, which for the next 30 years at least made up this concept, were first clearly stated and supported by strong evidence—though a little short of proof.

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Sir George Thomson, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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Volume 20, Number 5

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