Happy Birthday, Electron

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Wilczek, Frank
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Abstract
The Higgs gets the headlines, but the electron is really physicists’ favorite particle. The electron theory, developed 120 years ago, is an underappreciated bridge from classical to modern physics.
Date issued
2012-05
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78332
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Scientific American
Publisher
Scientific American, a Division of Nature America/Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Wilczek, Frank. "Happy Birthday, Electron." Scientific American 306, 24-24 (15 May 2012).
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
0036-8733
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