George Paget Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5813147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Paget Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | George Paget |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON G P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Google (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An unfortunate experiment, Hertz and the nature of cathode rays
In making sense of a complicated set of scientific facts, or claimed facts, it often happens that one turns out to be wrong, but it is rare for the villain to be an experiment by as great a physicist as H. Hertz, the first man to prove experimentally that electromagnetic waves exist and can be propagated in free space. The experiment in question had nothing to do with these waves, it concerned the nature of cathode rays. These are one of the many…
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Hydrogen Bombs
An unfortunate experiment, Hertz and the nature of cathode rays
In making sense of a complicated set of scientific facts, or claimed facts, it often happens that one turns out to be wrong, but it is rare for the villain to be an experiment by as great a physicist as H. Hertz, the first man to prove experimentally that electromagnetic waves exist and can be propagated in free space. The experiment in question had nothing to do with these waves, it concerned the nature of cathode rays. These are one of the many…
Cathode (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Combustion and Detonation Processes (1 work) · Current (fluid) (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Electrical engineering (1 work) · Electricity (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Engineering physics (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)