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J.J. Thompson Discovered the Electron — And Unknowingly Electrified Science Forever
Learn more about the discovery of the electron and why J.J. Thomson often gets the credit.
On a chilly evening in 1897, in the quiet halls of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, a young physicist leaned over a glowing glass tube, watching streams of mysterious rays curve under the ...
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