MILLIKAN, L'Électron, 1926

First edition in french.
Robert Andrews Millikan (1868-1953) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his work on the elementary charge of the electron (oil drop experiment) and the photoelectric effect. A professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Norman Bridge Physics Laboratory, he was a central figure in early 20th-century physics. This work, translated into the second American edition by Adolphe Lepape (Head of Physicochemical Research at the Institute of Hydrology and Climatology in Paris), presents his fundamental research on the electron, its charge, its mass, and its role in matter. It is a key work for understanding modern physics and emerging electronics.