Project Gutenberg 2011-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 121 Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert) 1870 1931 Gibson, Charles Robert The Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion E-text prepared by Sharon Joiner, Erica Pfister-Altschul, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Autobiography of an Electron" by Charles R. Gibson is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This unique work takes an engaging approach to explain complex scientific concepts by narrating the experiences of an electron, presenting it as a character that interacts with human experiments and the natural world. The book aims to demystify modern science, making it accessible to the general reader through a whimsical and relatable storytelling format. The opening of this publication introduces the electron as a real and ingenious particle of negative electricity, explaining its role in understanding concepts such as light, color, magnetism, and chemical actions. The electron observes humanity's gradual recognition of its presence and contributions, recounting early experiments that mistakenly attributed the effects of static electricity solely to materials rather than the electrons themselves. This captivating narrative sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the electron's experiences, emphasizing its integral part in the workings of matter and energy that influence everyday life and scientific progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Electricity Electrons QC Text Browsing: Science - Physics Browsing: Science - General 215688 215413 2024-09-15T11:42:18.746190 2023-09-16T05:25:54.536634 text/html text/html 212236 2011-06-17T15:59:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1549596 2011-06-17T16:02:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1648458 2024-09-15T11:42:25.322186 application/epub+zip 1646102 2024-09-15T11:42:20.538204 application/epub+zip 131954 2024-09-15T11:42:19.458211 application/epub+zip 1798527 2024-09-15T11:42:29.212159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1746752 2024-09-15T11:42:24.294197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171286 2022-09-16T15:37:18.048900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173069 172830 2024-09-15T11:42:18.031206 2023-09-16T05:25:53.903613 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 172721 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 59347 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 172843 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59349 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20178 2024-09-15T11:42:29.354136 application/rdf+xml 13526 2024-09-15T11:42:19.826187 image/jpeg 3346 2024-09-15T11:42:19.640193 image/jpeg 1603599 2024-09-15T11:42:18.808204 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog