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ERIC Number: EJ031423
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1970
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Who Named the -On's?
Walker, Charles T.; Slack, Glen A.
American Journal of Physics, 38, 12, 1380-1389, Dec '70
Originators of the concept coiners of the name are discussed for the following particles": boson, electron, exciton, fermion, magnon, neutron, phonon, photon, plasmon, polariton, polaron, proton, and roton. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, College Science, Nuclear Physics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Resource Materials, Science History
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