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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] ⓘ; anglicized as Roentgen; 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 Nobel Prize in ...

  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. Franz S. Exner - Wikipedia

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    Franz Exner began his university physics studies at Vienna in 1867. He received a doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1871, after an academic year at Zürich under August Kundt, also working alongside Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Kundt's student and, especially through the 1879s, regular research assistant/partner. [6] [7]

  5. Henri Becquerel - Wikipedia

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    In early 1896, there was a wave of excitement following Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's discovery of X-rays on 5 January. During the experiment, Röntgen "found that the Crookes tubes he had been using to study cathode rays emitted a new kind of invisible ray that was capable of penetrating through black paper". [9]

  6. 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)

  7. Würzburg - Wikipedia

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    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 Nobel Prize in physics. It contains an exhibition of historical instruments, machines, and documents.

  8. Nobel Prize in Physics - Wikipedia

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    The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in recognition of the extraordinary services he rendered by the discovery of X-rays. This award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and is widely regarded as the most prestigious award that a scientist can receive in physics.

  9. 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. ...