A biography of the electron and a history of the microphysical world that it opened up.

An intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.

The electron is fundamental to almost all aspects of modern life, controlling the behavior of atoms and how they bind together to form gases, liquids, and solid

This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achieveme

In the mid to late 1890s, J. J. Thomson and colleagues at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory conducted experiments on "cathode rays" (a form of radiation produced