Mathematician:Joseph John Thomson

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Mathematician

British physicist credited with the discovery of the electron.

Father of George Paget Thomson.


Nationality

English


History

  • Born: 18 December 1856 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England
  • Died: 30 August 1940 in Cambridge, England


Theorems and Definitions


Discoveries


Inventions


Coinings


Publications

  • 1883: A Treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings
  • 1888: Applications of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry
  • 1893: Notes on recent researches in electricity and magnetism
  • 1897: Cathode Rays (Phil. Mag. Ser. 5 Vol. 44: pp. 293 – 316)