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Sir George Paget Thomson
Sir George Paget Thomson (1891 - 1975) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1937 along with Clinton Joseph Davisson for their discovery of the interference phenomena arising when crystals are ...
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Sir Joseph John Thomson
Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856 - 1940) most important work was his original study of cathode rays culminating in the discovery of the electron, which was announced during the course of his evening ...
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869 - 1959) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927 for his discovery of the expansion method of rendering visible the tracks of electrically charged particles.
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William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1814 - 1907) work brought together many areas of physics in particular; heat, thermodynamics, mechanics, hydrodynamics, magnetism, and electricity. His contributions ...
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Vacuum Tubes
Description of the discovery of Cathode rays and JJ Thomson?s experiment to determine e/m.
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Lord William Thomson Kelvin
A good biography with links to related pages.
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William Thomson: king of Victorian physics
An interesting biography of this important figure.
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A look inside the Atom
Exhibition site to mark 100 years since the discovery of the electron. Overview of experiments. Details of J J Thomson, images, sound files. Attractive, informative, highly recommended!
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Rutherford Scattering: Thomson Model of an Atom
A simulation of the Rutherford scattering experiment.
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Clinton Joseph Davisson
Clinton Joseph Davisson (1881 - 1958) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1937 along with George Paget Thomson for their discovery of the interference phenomena arising when crystals are exposed ...
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