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  2. J. J. Thomson - Wikipedia

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    Thomson's prize-winning master's work, Treatise on the motion of vortex rings, shows his early interest in atomic structure. [4] In it, Thomson mathematically described the motions of William Thomson's vortex theory of atoms. [18] Thomson published a number of papers addressing both mathematical and experimental issues of electromagnetism.

  3. Institute for Scientific Information - Wikipedia

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    The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield in Philadelphia in 1956. [1] ISI offered scientometric and bibliographic database services. Its specialty was citation indexing and analysis, a field pioneered by Garfield.

  4. Clarivate - Wikipedia

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    Clarivate [6] was formerly the Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters.Before 2008, it was known as Thomson Scientific. [7] In 2016, Thomson Reuters struck a $3.55 billion deal in which they spun it off as an independent company, and sold it to private-equity firms Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia.

  5. Lord Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    Lord Kelvin. It is believed the "PNP" in his signature stands for "Professor of Natural Philosophy". Kelvin also wrote under the pseudonym "P. Q. R." William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was an Irish-born, British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer. [7][8] Born in Belfast, he was the professor of Natural Philosophy at the ...

  6. Thomson Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organization and Thomson Newspapers. [ 1 ] In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to form Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Corporation was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law ...

  7. David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet - Wikipedia

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    Upper Canada College. Alma mater. Selwyn College, Cambridge (MA) David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957), is a Canadian/British [2][3][4] hereditary peer and media magnate. [5][1][6] Upon the death of his father in 2006, Thomson became the chairman of Thomson Corporation and also inherited his father's British ...

  8. Hunter S. Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional ...

  9. Thomson-CSF - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.thomson-csf.com. Thomson-CSF was a French company that specialized in the development and manufacture of electronics with a heavy focus upon the aerospace and defence sectors of the market. Thomson-CSF was formed in 1968 following the merger of Thomson-Houston-Hotchkiss-Brandt with the Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil ...