Joseph John "J. J." Thomson discovered the electron, for which he won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics. He invented the cathode ray tube and the mass spectrometer. He found the first evidence of nuclear isotopes, distinguishing Neon 20 from Neon 22.
British physicist (1856-1940)
| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1940 |
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British physicist (1856-1940)
| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1940 |
Subjects
Electricity, Constitution, Matter, Electric discharges through gases, Chemistry, Magnetism, Mathematical theory, Physics, Radioactivity, Alternating Electric currents, Analysis, Atomic theory, Biography, Canal rays, Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England), Correspondence, Correspondence, reminiscences, Dynamics, Décharges électriques dans les gaz, Electric Conductivity, Electric cases, Electric currents, Electric discharges, Electric wavesID Numbers
- OLID: OL156138A
- ISNI: 0000000121194340
- VIAF: 7472229
- Wikidata: Q47285
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q47285
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Alternative names
- Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), Sir, 1856-1940
- Sir J. J. Thomson
- Sir Joseph John Thomson
- Sir Joseph J. Thomson
- J. J. Thomson
- Joseph John Thomson
- Joseph J. Thomson
- Thomson, J. J Sir
- Thomson, Joseph John Sir
- Thomson, Joseph John Sir.
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| September 27, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| March 29, 2020 | Edited by Camillo Pellizzari | merge authors |
| March 31, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | add VIAF and wikidata ID |
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