SIR JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON

1906 Nobel Laureate in Physics

in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases.

1856-1940
Residence: Great Britain
Affiliation: Cambridge University

• His son and fellow Nobel laureate, Sir George Paget Thomson

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• Excerpts from his Nobel Prize address (submitted by Carmen Giunta)
• 1897 paper characterizing cathode rays (electrons) (submitted by Carmen Giunta)
• J.J. Thomson, image,
• radiaion history (submitted by Hannah Smith)
• "The Living Archive" Archive of images and audio of scientists, including Nobel Prize winners. (submitted by Professor Robin Marshall)
• J. J. Thomson – Biography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• George Paget Thomson – Biography (1937 Nobel laureate and the son of J. J. Thomson) (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Nobel population 1901-50: anatomy of a scientific elite (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Chemical Achievers: Joseph John (J.J.) Thomson (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• On J.J. Thomson and the discovery of the electron (submitted by Paul)
• Papers of Sir Joseph John Thomson (submitted by Davis)
• Sir Joseph John Thomson (Physics, Biographies) (submitted by Jackson)
• Thomsons biography (submitted by Tajbez)
• Autobiography in English (submitted by mr skin)
• Joseph J Thomson (submitted by John Smith)
• Sir Joseph John Thomson Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• SIR JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON (submitted by venom)

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