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A first-person account is given of the serendipitous route leading to the most accurate measurement of the gyromagnetic ratio or g-factor of the electron at the University of Michigan in the early 1950s.
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Crane, H. How We Happened to Measure g–2: A Tale of Serendipity. Phys. perspect. 2, 135–140 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000160050040
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- Key words. Electron spin; electron magnetic moment; electron g-factor; electron gyromagnetic ratio; electron polarization; University of Michigan.