Knowable Magazine"It was the electron that led scientists into the wild and weird world of quantum mechanics, which is marking its centennial this year. Knowledge of the electron’s behavior and its quantum powers transformed civilization in ways that defied anything the ancients could have imagined." #WorldQuantumDay https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2025/how-scientists-discovered-the-electron
Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron
A celebration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Mechanics and Science would be remiss without a look at how the carrier of electricity finally yielded its secrets — paving the way to the quantum era