Scientists Datebook : March 27
Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German physicist was born March 27, 1845. While teaching at Wuerzburg University in 1895, he discovered X-rays, for which he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
Röntgen's (or Roentgen) name is mainly associated with his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays. In 1895 he was studying the phenomena accompanying the passage of an electric current through a gas of extremely low pressure. Although previous works have already been carried out, his work on cathode rays led him to the discovery of a new and different kind of rays. Röntgen also worked on the heats of gases, in particular, the heat conductivity of crystals and electricity.
Röntgen Awards
His Nobel Prize Award in 1901 was officially "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him". He donated the monetary reward from his Nobel Prize to his university. Like Pierre Curie, Röntgen refused to take out patents related to his discovery, as he wanted humankind to benefit from practical applications.
Other Awards:
Röntgen Legacy
In Remscheid-Lennep, the house in which Roentgen was born in 1845, is the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum.
In Hamburg DE, the Philips Medical System diagnostic radiography research and development division is on Röntgenstrasse (Röntgen Street).
Röntgen's name (or a local linguistic derivative) is used to refer to radiology and its products instead of the term "x-ray", which Röntgen himself coined. Some examples are the Japanese "rentogen", the Lithuanian "rentgeno", the Hebrew "rentgen", the Croatian "rentgen", Turkish "röntgen" among others.
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Wiki Commons
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German physicist Röntgen discovered X-Ray
Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German physicist was born March 27, 1845. While teaching at Wuerzburg University in 1895, he discovered X-rays, for which he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.Röntgen's (or Roentgen) name is mainly associated with his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays. In 1895 he was studying the phenomena accompanying the passage of an electric current through a gas of extremely low pressure. Although previous works have already been carried out, his work on cathode rays led him to the discovery of a new and different kind of rays. Röntgen also worked on the heats of gases, in particular, the heat conductivity of crystals and electricity.
Röntgen Awards
His Nobel Prize Award in 1901 was officially "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him". He donated the monetary reward from his Nobel Prize to his university. Like Pierre Curie, Röntgen refused to take out patents related to his discovery, as he wanted humankind to benefit from practical applications.
Other Awards:
- Rumford Medal (1896)
- Matteucci Medal (1896)
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)
- In November 2004, IUPAC named element number 111 as Roentgenium (Rg) in his honour.
Röntgen Legacy
In Remscheid-Lennep, the house in which Roentgen was born in 1845, is the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum.
In Hamburg DE, the Philips Medical System diagnostic radiography research and development division is on Röntgenstrasse (Röntgen Street).
Röntgen's name (or a local linguistic derivative) is used to refer to radiology and its products instead of the term "x-ray", which Röntgen himself coined. Some examples are the Japanese "rentogen", the Lithuanian "rentgeno", the Hebrew "rentgen", the Croatian "rentgen", Turkish "röntgen" among others.
Resource:
- Röntgen Biography: "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Biography". Nobelprize.org. 9 Nov 2011 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1901/rontgen-bio.html
- www.roentgen-museum.de (from the menu, click on the English version)
Image Source:
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Wiki Commons
(c) 2013-2017. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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