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It is a fantastic book IMO. Some of it is fairly advanced, although there's never more math than is really necessary to explain what to expect from the experiments. The chapters on recreating the early CRT experiments of people like Hertz, Crookes, and Thomson are especially nifty.

If you wanted to perform most or all of the experiments it will probably cost you at least a few thousand dollars (and a few months' time), but the authors have done a great job with the presentation and content and clearly know their stuff.



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