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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. 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. Rudolf Ladenburg - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Röntgen Rudolf Walter Ladenburg (June 6, 1882 in Kiel – April 6, 1952 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was a German atomic physicist. He emigrated from Germany as early as 1932 and became a Brackett Research Professor at Princeton University .

  5. 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.

  6. History of surgery - Wikipedia

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    In the same century, Eleno de Céspedes became perhaps the first female, transgender, or intersex surgeon in Spain, and perhaps in Europe. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Another important early figure was German surgeon Wilhelm Fabry (1540–1634), "the Father of German Surgery", who was the first to recommend amputation above the gangrenous area, and to ...

  7. List of dates in the history of conservation and restoration

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    1969, Publication of America's Museums: The Belmont Report, AAM; the need for conservation of collections recognized, government support for conservation considered indispensable. Additional reports have followed from the IIC-AG in 1975, National Institute for Conservation, now known as Heritage Preservation, etc.

  8. History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray, which allowed physicians to diagnose and track the progression of the disease, [82] and although an effective medical treatment would not come for another fifty years, the incidence and mortality of tuberculosis began to decline.

  9. 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