Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923),German experimental physicist and discoverer of X-rays. In 1895,while using an electric discharge tube in a darkened room,Roentgen noticed that the tube induced a glow in certain chemicals. The effect could penetrate walls and metal sheets. Roentgen,who was professor of physics at Wurzburg,Germany,named this effect X-ray radiation. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. X-rays are today widely used in medicine as a diagnostic tool. Artwork from the 17th volume (first period of 1896) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree' | |
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