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J. J. Thomson Quotes

1856–1940 England

Sir Joseph John Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940), often known as J. J.

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I can see no escape from the conclusion that they are charges of negative electricity carried by particles of matter.

The difficulties which would have to be overcome to make several of the preceding experiments conclusive are so great as to be almost insurmountable.

The discovery by Monsieur and Madame Curie that a sample of radium gives out sufficient energy to melt half its weight of ice per hour has attracted attention to the question of the source from which the radium derives the energy necessary to maintain the radiation; this problem has been before us ever since the original discovery by Becquerel of the radiation from uranium.

The electron: may it never be of any use to anybody!

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This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on the lines of applied science would doubtless have led to improvement and development of the older methods—the research in pure science has given us an entirely new and much more powerful method. In fact, research in applied science leads to reforms, research in pure science leads to revolutions, and revolutions, whether political or industrial, are exceedingly profitable things if you are on the winning side.

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