The History of the Electron
1997 marked the centenary of the discovery of the electron in 1897 by Professor J.J. Thomson (Cavendish Professor 1884-1919).
(Copyright 1996 Mrs. J.C.White, HEP Group, Cavendish Laboratory, and may not be reproduced without her express written permission)
Information available here:
- A description and some photos about J.J. Thomson's life and his discovery of the electron, by Dr G.L. Squires.
Information available elsewhere:
- The "life, the universe and the electron" online exhibition (from the Science Museum).
- Some details of Thomson's 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics (from the Nobel Foundation).
- Electron: A Centenary Volume, edited by Michael Springford (to be published by Cambridge University Press).