The year 1896...marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has there been witnessed such a period of intense activity when discoveries of fundamental importance have followed one another with such bewildering rapidity.


'The Electrical Structure of Matter', Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1924), c2


The year 1896...marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has...

The year 1896...marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has...

The year 1896...marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has...

The year 1896...marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has...