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  2. Wilhelm Röntgen - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (/ ˈ r ɛ n t ɡ ə n,-dʒ ə n, ˈ r ʌ n t-/; [4] German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ⓘ; often rendered Roentgen in English; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist, [5] who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural ...

  3. Röntgen Memorial Site - Wikipedia

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    Röntgen Memorial Site, Röntgenring 8, Würzburg. The Röntgen Memorial Site in Würzburg, Germany, is dedicated to the work of the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) and his discovery of X-rays, for which he was granted the first Nobel Prize in physics, in 1901. It contains an exhibition of historical instruments, machines ...

  4. History of radiation protection - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) in 1895 led to extensive experimentation by scientists, physicians, and inventors. The first X-ray machines produced extremely unfavorable radiation spectra for imaging with extremely high skin doses. [5]

  5. Category:Wilhelm Röntgen - Wikipedia

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    This is a topic category for the topic Wilhelm Röntgen Pages in category "Wilhelm Röntgen" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ...

  6. Crystallography on stamps - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Röntgen, India, 1995. Stamps depicting individual crystallographers are sometimes issued by countries to commemorate the birth or death anniversaries of their significant national crystallographers, [12] For example, on August 6, 1996, the British postal service (Royal Mail) issued a stamp honouring Dorothy Hodgkin, a pioneer of protein crystallography (Great Britain's first female ...

  7. Nobel Prize in Physics - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.

  8. List of ETH Zurich people - Wikipedia

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    1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (graduate) 1920 Charles-Edouard Guillaume (graduate) 1921 Albert Einstein (student and professor) 1943 Otto Stern (lecturer) 1945 Wolfgang Pauli (professor) 1952 Felix Bloch (graduate) 1986 Heinrich Rohrer (graduate) 1987 Georg Bednorz (graduate) 1987 Karl Alexander Müller (graduate)

  9. File : First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife ...

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    File: First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand - 18951222.jpg