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Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940) was a British physicist who served as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. In 1897, he conducted experiments with cathode rays that led to the discovery of the electron, demonstrating that atoms are composed of even smaller subatomi...
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Electron discovery fundamentally changed physics and earned the Nobel Prize; universally regarded as a foundational scientific achievement.
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Niels Bohr (1885-1962) made pivotal contributions to atomic structure and quantum mechanics. His model of the atom, incorporating quantized energy levels, explained the stability of atoms and the emission of light. Bohr's development of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, while contr...
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