“Thus the atom is not the ultimate limit to the subdivision of matter.”

— Joseph John Thomson

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About Joseph John Thomson

Scientist • British

Sir Joseph John Thomson was a British physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, credited with the discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle to be found. He demonstrated that cathode rays were composed of...

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