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Describe the effect of J. J. Thomson’s discovery?

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J. J. Thompson was the first scientist who discovered that atom is not the smallest particle in nature, but rather that there exists something which is a lot smaller and tinier than the atom himself. This tiniest particle came to be known as electron. This discovery was quite important because it was a first step towards creating a detailed model of the atom, something which was not possible prior to that. 
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