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THMJ I/D/20
Title
'J.J. Thomson and the discovery of the Electron', Physics Today
Date(s)
- Aug 1956 (Creation)
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1 offprint
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Address given by G. P. Thomson at International Conference on the Quantum Interactions of the Free Electron, held 23-25 Apr 1956 at University of Maryland, and published in Physics Today, Aug 1956, which bears a photograph of J.J. Thomson on the cover.
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D/20-D/31: Other writings on J.J. Thomson, by G.P. Thomson. Several of these were commissioned for the centenary of J.J. Thomson's birth in 1956; the material was often drawn upon for later accounts and there is considerable overlap in the content.
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