Flash of the Cathode Rays - Couverture souple

Dahl, Per F.

 
9780367401092: Flash of the Cathode Rays
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0367401096 ISBN 13 : 9780367401092
Editeur : CRC Press, 2019

Synopsis

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 solids. Flash of the Cathode Rays: A History of J.J. Thomson's Electron presents the compelling story of the discovery of the electron and its role as the first subatomic particle in nature. The book traces the evolution of the concept of electrical charge, from the earliest glow discharge studies to the final cathode ray and oil drop experiments of J.J. Thomson and Robert Millikan. It also provides an overview of the history of modern physics up to the advent of the old quantum theory around 1920.

Consolidating scholarly material while incorporating new material discovered by the well-respected author, the book covers the continental and English race for the source of the cathode rays, culminating in Thomson's corpuscle in 1897. It explores the events leading to Millikan's unambiguous isolation of the electron and the simultaneous circumstances surrounding the birth of Ernest Rutherford's nuclear atom and the discovery of radioactivity in 1896. The author also focuses on the controversies over N-rays, Becquerel's positive electron, and the famous Ehrenhaft-Millikan dispute over subelectrons.

Scholarly yet accessible to those with basic physics knowledge, this book should be of interest to historians of science, professional scientists and engineers, teachers and students of physics, and general readers interested in the development of modern physics.

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Dahl, Per F

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Éditeur
CRC Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367401096
ISBN 13 
9780367401092
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
526
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780750304535: Flash of the Cathode Rays: A History of J.J. Thomson's Electron

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0750304537 ISBN 13 :  9780750304535
Editeur : Institute of Physics Publishing, 1997
Couverture rigide