About the book: 1973 / The story of the life of the English scientist Joseph John Thomson. Thomson is a pioneer in science in the truest sense of the word, because the discovery of the first elementary particle - the electron - was accomplished using methods that had never before been used in science and refuted the then prevailing idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe structure of matter. Thomson's merit also lies in the fact that he trained a remarkable galaxy of innovators, among whom were Rutherford. Langevin, Wilson and many others.