Electrons, or, The nature and properties of negative electricity / / Oliver Lodge [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Lodge Oliver, Sir, <1851-1940, >
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 539.72112
• Soggetto topico: Electrons
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2012.; Originally published: London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.
• Sommario/riassunto: The discovery in 1897 of the electron, the first subatomic particle, led to rapid advances in our knowledge of atomic structure, the solid state, radioactivity and chemistry. It also raised major questions. Was the electron point-like or did it have structure? Was there a positive electron? What did the positive part of the atom look like? Did a hydrogen atom have one electron or a thousand? Published in 1906, this expository account by leading physicist Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) examines the spectacular phenomena of cathode rays in evacuated tubes, the fixed units of charge observed in electrolysis, and the puzzling regularities in atomic spectra. Lodge knew most of the pioneers in the field, and his enthusiastic descriptions of their work and clear analyses of the problems as well as successes paint a vivid picture of the excitement of cutting-edge research and the scientific process in action.
• Titolo autorizzato: Electrons: Or, The Nature and Properties of Negative Electricity
• ISBN: 1-139-38056-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910160955303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge library collection. . -Physical sciences.