Project Gutenberg 2011-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 175 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.) Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Electricity Electrons QC Text Category: Science - Physics 215853 2025-08-15T03:46:39.575317 text/html 212236 2011-06-17T15:59:20 text/html 1671444 2025-08-15T03:46:47.266287 application/epub+zip 1668868 2025-08-15T03:46:42.633312 application/epub+zip 138069 2025-08-15T03:46:41.341308 application/epub+zip 1835351 2025-08-15T03:46:50.959266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1783582 2025-08-15T03:46:46.173286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171286 2022-09-16T15:37:18.048900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173069 2025-08-15T03:46:38.961317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172721 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172843 2011-06-17T15:56:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20260 2025-08-15T03:46:51.108262 application/rdf+xml 13461 2025-08-15T03:46:41.850301 image/jpeg 3336 2025-08-15T03:46:41.593293 image/jpeg 59347 2011-06-17T15:56:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 1549596 2011-06-17T16:02:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 59349 2011-06-17T15:56:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 1624444 2025-08-15T03:46:39.633311 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia