How Thermionic Emission Was Discovered

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It has been known for a few hundred years that hot surfaces can conduct electrical charges. But the exact science behind the phenomenon remained a mystery until 1901. Owen Richardson won the Nobel Prize in physics for finally, after centuries of experiments, being able to explain thermionic emission both intuitively and mathematically.