Autobiography of an Electron

Autobiography of an Electron

by Charles R. Gibson

22 chapters2h 31mEnglish1911

About this book

"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very important part which we play in the workaday world. It was for this reason that my fellow-electrons urged me to write my own biography. I am pleased to say that my relationship with the scribe who has put down my story in the following pages has been of the most friendly description. I have allowed him to place what he calls "The Scribe's Note" at the beginning of each chapter, but it will be understood clearly that these are merely convenient embellishments, and that I am responsible for the story of my own experiences." (Introduction adapted from the text)

Chapters (21)

101 - What the Story is About
335
202 - The Electron's Preface
100
303 - The New Arrival
530
404 - Some Good Sport
396
505 - My Earliest Recollections
411
606 - Man Pays Us Some Attention
475
707 - A Steady March
396
808 - A Useful Dance
427
909 - How We Carry Man's News
435
1010 - How We Communicate with Distant Ships
474
1111 - How We Reproduce Speech
481
1212 - Our Heaviest Duties
440
1313 - A Boon to Man
393
1414 - How We Produce Colour
487
1515 - We Send Messages from the Stars
638
1616 - How Man Proved Our Existence
463
1717 - My X-Ray Experience
526
1818 - Our Relationship to the Atoms
456
1919 - How We Made the World Talk
387
2020 - Conclusion
181
2121 - Appendix
495

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