Modern electronic devices and novel materials often derive their extraordinary properties from the intriguing, complex behavior of large numbers of electrons fo

An intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.

This book brings together papers by a number of authors. More than ten different models of the electron are presented and more than twenty models are discussed

This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achieveme

Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magneti