The book representing electrons a biographical approach to theoretical entities theodore arabatzis is published by university of chicago press. In this dissertation converted book the author uses a biographical lens to examine changes in the meaning of the term electron vis a vis changes in theories about electrons representing electrons a biographical approach to theoretical entities theodore arabatzis journal of chemical education. Representing electrons by t arabatzis has the subtitle a biographical approach to theoretical entities 23 after chapters intended for his fellow historians and philosophers of science . Aichi and mizunos ways of describing the electron appear to have much in common with recent biographical approaches to scientific objects and theoretical entities daston 1999 arabatzis 2006 as