Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born in Lennep, on March 27, 1845 he was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, from the University of Würzburg.
The 8 of November of 1895 produced electromagnetic radiation in the wavelengths corresponding to the currently called X-rays.
In the following years, Röntgen published studies "on a new type of lightning", which were translated into English, French, Italian and Russian.
For his discovery he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The award was officially awarded "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered with the discovery of the remarkable rays that bear his name."
Röntgen donated the monetary award to his university. In the same way that Pierre Curie would do several years later, he refused to register any patents related to his discovery for ethical reasons.
He also did not want the rays to bear his name, although in German X-rays are still known as Röntgenstrahlen (Röntgen rays).
The University of Würzburg awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine. Also named in his honor is the unit of measurement for radiation exposure, established in 1928 (see Roentgen (unit)).
When he was 17 years old, he entered the Technical School of Utrecht; In 1865 he began studies at the Polytechnic School of Zurich (Switzerland), and in 1868 he received his mechanical engineering degree, obtaining a doctorate a year later.
He worked as a professor of physics in Strasbourg in 1876; at the German University of Giessen, in 1879; and at the physics institute of the Würzburg University, in 1888. In 1900 he was awarded the chair of physics at the University of Munich; He was also appointed director of a new physical institute created in that same city.
In 1874 he taught at the University of Strasbourg and in 1875 he became a professor at the Hohenheim Academy of Agriculture (Wurtemberg).
In 1876 he returned to Strasbourg as professor of Physics and in 1879 he became director of the physics department at the University of Giessen.
In 1888 he was appointed chief physicist of the University of Würzburg and in 1900 chief physicist of the University of Munich, at the special request of the Bavarian government.
On November 8, 1895, working with a cathode ray tube, he discovered X-rays, winning the Nobel Prize in 1901.
X-rays are beginning to be applied in all fields of medicine, including urology.
By the year of Roentgen's first report, 49 books and over 1,200 scientific journal articles had been written.
Later Guyon, McIntyre and Swain used radiology for the diagnosis of stone disease.
It is one of the culminating points of medicine in the late nineteenth century, on which numerous diagnoses of nosological entities were based up to that time difficult to diagnose.
He finally died in Munich on February 10, 1923
Short but revealing, what would we be without X-rays? How would we find fractures in our ankles or brain tumors? By asking ourselves these questions, we realize the importance of X-rays in our lives, and even more the importance of who invented them
The 8 of November of 1895 produced electromagnetic radiation in the wavelengths corresponding to the currently called X-rays.
In the following years, Röntgen published studies "on a new type of lightning", which were translated into English, French, Italian and Russian.
For his discovery he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The award was officially awarded "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered with the discovery of the remarkable rays that bear his name."
Röntgen donated the monetary award to his university. In the same way that Pierre Curie would do several years later, he refused to register any patents related to his discovery for ethical reasons.
He also did not want the rays to bear his name, although in German X-rays are still known as Röntgenstrahlen (Röntgen rays).
The University of Würzburg awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine. Also named in his honor is the unit of measurement for radiation exposure, established in 1928 (see Roentgen (unit)).
When he was 17 years old, he entered the Technical School of Utrecht; In 1865 he began studies at the Polytechnic School of Zurich (Switzerland), and in 1868 he received his mechanical engineering degree, obtaining a doctorate a year later.
He worked as a professor of physics in Strasbourg in 1876; at the German University of Giessen, in 1879; and at the physics institute of the Würzburg University, in 1888. In 1900 he was awarded the chair of physics at the University of Munich; He was also appointed director of a new physical institute created in that same city.
In 1874 he taught at the University of Strasbourg and in 1875 he became a professor at the Hohenheim Academy of Agriculture (Wurtemberg).
In 1876 he returned to Strasbourg as professor of Physics and in 1879 he became director of the physics department at the University of Giessen.
In 1888 he was appointed chief physicist of the University of Würzburg and in 1900 chief physicist of the University of Munich, at the special request of the Bavarian government.
On November 8, 1895, working with a cathode ray tube, he discovered X-rays, winning the Nobel Prize in 1901.
X-rays are beginning to be applied in all fields of medicine, including urology.
By the year of Roentgen's first report, 49 books and over 1,200 scientific journal articles had been written.
Later Guyon, McIntyre and Swain used radiology for the diagnosis of stone disease.
It is one of the culminating points of medicine in the late nineteenth century, on which numerous diagnoses of nosological entities were based up to that time difficult to diagnose.
He finally died in Munich on February 10, 1923
Short but revealing, what would we be without X-rays? How would we find fractures in our ankles or brain tumors? By asking ourselves these questions, we realize the importance of X-rays in our lives, and even more the importance of who invented them
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