This episode begins a multipart series discussing the discoveries at the turn of the 20th century that led to the downfall of Dalton's atom and a new understanding of the nature of matter.
This episode focuses on the work of JJ Thomson at the Cavendish laboratory that led to the discovery of the electron. Others mentioned in the episode include Henry Cavendish, James Clerk Maxwell, William John Strutt (Lord Rayleigh), William Watson, Heinrich Geissler, William Crookes and Robert Millikan.
J. J. Thomson
Diagrams for the three Crookes' tubes used in Thomson's cathode ray experiments. Source: TeamChem
The Crookes' Tube used for Thomson's 2nd Experiment
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