Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Wilhelm Röntgen. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen ( / ˈrɛntɡən, - dʒən, ˈrʌnt -/; [3] German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ⓘ; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, [4] who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or ...

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (born March 27, 1845, Lennep, Prussia [now Remscheid, Germany]—died February 10, 1923, Munich, Germany) was a physicist who received the first Nobel Prize for Physics, in 1901, for his discovery of X-rays, which heralded the age of modern physics and revolutionized diagnostic medicine. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Lived 1845 - 1923. The German physicist, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was the first person to systematically produce and detect electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Röntgen rays. His discovery of x-rays was a great revolution in the fields of physics and medicine and electrified the general public.

  4. Nov 24, 2009 · On November 8, 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of ...

  5. People also ask

  6. Oct 2, 2023 · Wilhelm Röntgen: The Father of Diagnostic Radiology. X-rays were considered a form of unidentified radiation before Röntgen discovered how to use them in 1895. They were considered simply rays coming from experimental discharge tubes. These rays were first identified in 1869. Crookes tubes were invented in 1875 and were known for radiating X ...

    • Wilhelm Röntgen1
    • Wilhelm Röntgen2
    • Wilhelm Röntgen3
    • Wilhelm Röntgen4
    • Wilhelm Röntgen5
  7. Nov 1, 2020 · Abstract. Röntgen’s discovery of a new type of radiation is the epochal event in a series of highlights of physics emerging within only a few decades of the late 19th century. As these discoveries are directly or indirectly rooting in the study of the phenomenon of electric discharge in gases a brief look at the physics scenario in the ...

  8. May 23, 2018 · RöNTGEN (ROENTGEN), WILHELM CONRAD. ( b. Lennep im Bergischen [now part of Remscheid], Rhine Province, Germany, 27 March 1845; d. Munich, Germany, 10 February 1923) physics. Röntgen was the only son of Friedrich Conrad Röntgen, a cloth manufacturer and merchant of Lennep, who belonged to an old Lutheran Rhineland family.

  1. People also search for