![]() ![]() How Thomson Discovered Electrons: Trials and Errors ![]() In fact, a full eight of his research assistants and his son eventually earned Nobel Prizes, but, of course, like Thomson’s own Nobel Prize, that was in the future. He ended up having an unerring ability to pinpoint interesting phenomena for himself and for others. ” Suddenly, he had incredible resources, stability and ability to research whatever he wished. He mostly applied as a lark and was as surprised as anyone to actually get the position! “I felt like a fisherman who…had casually cast a line in an unlikely spot and hooked a fish much too heavy for him to land. In 1884, at the tender age of 28, Thomson applied to be the head of the Cavendish Research Institute. Instead, he relied on scholarships at universities – ironically leading him to much greater fame in academia. ” While in school, his father died, and his family didn’t have enough money for the apprenticeship. Thompson later recalled that, “the authorities at Owens College thought my admission was such a scandal – I expect they feared that students would soon be coming in perambulators – that they passed regulations raising the minimum age for admission, so that such a catastrophe should not happen again. When he was 14 years old, Thomson planned to get an apprenticeship to a locomotive engineer but it had a long waiting list, so, he applied to and was accepted at that very young age to Owen’s college. ![]() Table of Contents The Start of JJ Thomson How Thomson Discovered Electrons: Trials and Errors Thomson’s Conclusion ReferencesĪ short history of Thomson: Joseph John Thomson, JJ on papers, to friends, and even to his own son, was born in Lancashire, England to a middle class bookseller. ![]()
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