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To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the electron, an exhibition, illustrating the scientific and industrial developments and the numerous electronic devices resulting from that discovery, is being held at the Science Museum, London. The exhibition is arranged around one gallery of the Museum, and is divided into eight sections, each of which is devoted to one particular aspect of the subject. By photographs, diagrams (some of which are animated), working exhibits, and the display of historical and modern apparatus, the visitor is shown how the wave-like and particle-like properties of the electron were discovered, and is given an appreciation of the way in which these discoveries have opened up a new era, both in science and industry.
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Electron Jubilee Exhibition. Nature 160, 460–461 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160460b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160460b0