Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron

A celebration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Mechanics and Science would be remiss without a look at how the carrier of electricity finally yielded its secrets — paving the way to the quantum era

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Knowable Magazine
Published
2025-03-25
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https://doi.org/10.1146/knowable-032425-1
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Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
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Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron

Tom Siegfried
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Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron

Tom Siegfried
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A celebration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Mechanics and Science would be remiss without a look at how the carrier of electricity finally yielded its secrets — paving the way to the quantum era

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