Wilhelm Röntgen
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Lennep, Germany, 27 March 1845–Munich, Germany, 10 February 1923) was a German physicist who discovered X-rays.[1]
He was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1901.[2][3] Röntgen's X-rays were called Röntgen rays at first.
This discovery was important for medical diagnosis. It also made other important discoveries possible, such as that of radioactivity. Radioactivity was discovered in 1898 by Antoine Henri Becquerel. Marie and Pierre Curie did most research about it. All three were awarded the Nobel prize in 1903.
Röntgen studied at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD in 1868. He then worked as an assistance at the universities of Strasbourg and Würzburg.[2]
References [change]
- ↑ "Biography of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen". http://www.faqs.org/health/bios/8/Wilhelm-Konrad-R-ntgen.html. Retrieved 28-02-2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Biography". norskfysikk.no. http://www.norskfysikk.no/nfs/old/epsbiografer/ROENTGEN.PDF. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901". nobelprize.org. 2011 [last update]. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1901/. Retrieved 23 March 2011. "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him"
Other websites [change]
- "A biography of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1901/rontgen-bio.html. Retrieved 28-02-2010.
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