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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 produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays.

  3. Rudolf Ladenburg - Wikipedia

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    After completion of his Habilitation, Ladenburg became a Privatdozent at Breslau and in 1921 an ausserordentlicher Professor there. In 1924, he took an appointment at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (today, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) along with becoming a scientific member of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie (KWIPC, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute ...

  4. List of German inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The first "medical" X-ray, by Wilhelm Röntgen (1895) Max Planck is considered the father of the quantum theory. Sculpture of Einstein 's 1905 E = mc 2 formula at the 2006 Walk of Ideas , Berlin Geiger-Müller counter Electron microscope constructed by Ernst Ruska in 1933; two years after his first prototype Induced nuclear fission reaction

  5. 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.

  6. Category:Wilhelm Röntgen - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... This is a topic category for the topic Wilhelm Röntgen

  7. List of German inventors and discoverers - Wikipedia

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    Johann Wilhelm Ritter: Physicist and discoverer of Ultraviolet. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen: Physicist and discoverer of x-rays/Röntgen rays (8 November 1895), this earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Arthur Rudolph: Rocket engineer who, together with Wernher von Braun, played a key role in the development of the V-2 rocket.

  8. History of radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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    From initial therapeutic experiments, a new field of x-ray therapy was born, referred to as röntgenotherapy after Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of x-rays. It was still unclear how the x-rays acted on the skin; however, it was generally agreed upon that the area affected was killed and either discharged or absorbed. [17]

  9. 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 ...