The text maps the life and achievements of J.J. Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the discovery. It describes Thomson's early years and education.
" Thirty-five years and several editions later, that description still holds true of this expanded work.
Virgil Thomson was a gifted composer and one of the nation’s foremost cultural critics.
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.