Background to the discovery . . . the theories and experiments leading up to JJ Thomson's discovery
	Reconstruction of Thomson's experiment . . . a QuickTime movie showing a modern account of the discovery of the electron
	Interactive animation of the e/m experiment . . . try out your own experiment with this interactive Shockwave animation (The Shockwave plug-in is required for this page.)
	Archive recording of JJ Thomson . . . hear JJ Thomson speak about his discovery
	Biography of JJ Thomson . . . find out more about JJ Thomson
	Physics around 1900 . . . see how physics was researched in JJ Thomson's day
	Other significant scientific and technological anniversaries in 1997 . . . besides the electron, 1997 marks the anniversary of a number of other important discoveries

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