Happy birthday, electron.

• Autores: Frank Wilczek
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 6, 2012, págs. 24-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the historical significance of an electron theory proposed by Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz in 1892. The author notes that in the 19th century electrons were only an idea, arguing that Lorentz's achievement was the purification of the message of Maxwell's equations, which was a mathematical summary of everything known about electricity and magnetism created in 1864 by physicist James Clerk Maxwell.