What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Here in 1897 at the old Cavendish Laboratory J. J. Thomson discovered the electron subsequently recognised as the first fundamental particle of physics and the basis of chemical bonding electronics and computing
Sir J. J. Thomson was a British physicist who discovered the electron in 1897, fundamentally changing our understanding of atomic structure and paving the way for advancements in chemistry, electronics, and computing.
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