Flash of the Cathode Rays: A History of J J Thomson's Electron

ISBN-13: 9780750304535 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 544 str.

P. F. Dahl; Per F. Dahl

Opis

This work traces the evolution of the concept of electrical charge, from the earliest grow discharge to the final cathode ray and oil drop experiments of Thomson and Millikan that established the electron as the first fundamental particle in nature.

Spis treści

List of illustrations. Preface. J J Thomson and his contemporaries. Electromagnetic phenomena unravelled. Cathode rays take center stage. The English get going. Meanwhile, back in Berlin. The English keep going. From Paris to the Scottish highlands. From Liverpool to Princeton. The race for e/m. The charge and the mass. Leiden, 1896. The photoelectric effect revisited. The Beta particle. Evanescent rays: A French cottage industry. Positive rays. The electronic charge revisited, and one more controversy. Dawning of the atomic age. Epilogue: The next twenty years. List of abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index.

O autorze

Dahl, Per F