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J.J. Thompson Discovered the Electron — And Unknowingly Electrified Science Forever
By the late 1800s, the scientific world was buzzing with questions about electricity and light. Several researchers were ...
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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