Nama : Astri R Penaonde

Nim : 2015-78-078

Hello all...
My name is astry, at this time i will try to explain biography from one of chemical figure that is
joseph jhon thomson.
Let's see together..

J. J. Thomson took science to new heights with his 1897 discovery of the electron the first
subatomic particle. He also found the first evidence that stable elements can exist as isotopes and
invented one of the most powerful tools in analytical chemistry the mass spectrometer.

Joseph John Thomson was born on December 18, 1856 in Manchester, England, UK.His father,
Joseph James Thomson, ran a specialist bookshop that had been in his family for three generations.
His mother, Emma Swindells, came from a family that owned a cotton company.Even as a young boy
Joey, who would later be known as J. J., was deeply interested in science. At the age of 14 he became
a student at Owens College, the University of Manchester, where he studied mathematics, physics and
engineering.A shy boy, his parents hoped he would become an apprentice engineer with a locomotive
company. These hopes were dashed, however, with the death of his father when J. J. was 16. The fees
for engineering apprenticeships were high, and his mother could not afford them. This misfortune
ultimately benefited science, because J. J. needed to find funding to continue his education. In 1876
he won a scholarship which took him, aged 19, to the University of Cambridge to study mathematics.
Four years later he graduated with high honors in his bachelors degree.Thomson continued
studying at Cambridge, and in 1882 he won the Adams Prize, one of the universities most
sought after prizes in mathematics. In 1883 he was awarded a masters degree in mathematics

Thomsons Most Significant Contributions to Science

Discovery of the Electron The first subatomic particle

In 1834 Michael Faraday had coined the word ion to account for charged particles that were attracted
to positively or negatively charged electrodes. So, in Thomsons time, it was already known that
atoms were associated in some way with electric charges, and that atoms could exist in ionic forms,
carrying positive or negative charges. For example, table salt is made of ionized sodium and chlorine
atoms.

Na+: A sodium ion with a single positive charge

Cl: A chloride ion with a single negative charge

In 1891 George Johnstone Stoney had coined the word electron to represent the fundamental unit of
electric charge. He did not, however, propose that the electron existed as a particle in its own right. He
believed that it represented the smallest unit of charge an ionized atom could have.

The lesson I learned from this character is that even though he had trouble and became a shy person
but with his weakness he can show that he is able to continue his education to become a successful
and famous person.