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Category: Scientists

  • Happy birthday Scientists, James Joule.

    It’s the birthday of James Joule, who was born in 1818 in Salford, England. Joule was a commercial brewer in Manchester. His work inspired an interest in physics and in the nature of energy. In a series of experiments, he demonstrated the convertibility of kinetic, thermal and electromagnetic energy. The SI energy unit, the joule,…

  • Sir J. J. Thomson, the man behind electrons. Happy birth day Scientists. #mdashf #birthday2

    Sir J. J. Thomson, the man behind electrons. Happy birth day Scientists. #mdashf #birthday2

    #mdashf (insight of #mdashf) Sir J. J. Thomson, discovered the electron. The particle that gives us electric current and lit our bulbs and heat to toaster breads. (Physics Today Insight) It’s the birthday of Joseph John “J J” Thomson, who was born in 1856 in Manchester, England. In 1897 Thomson found that cathode rays could…