NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Roentgen

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Category: Disambiguation Wilhelm Conrad RÃ¶ntgen (in English: William Conrad Roentgen) (March 27, 1845 â€“ February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of WÃ¼rzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or RÃ¶ntgen Rays, an achievement... The rÃ¶ntgen or roentgen (symbol R) is a unit of exposure to ionizing radiation (X or gamma rays), and is named after the German physicist Wilhelm RÃ¶ntgen. ... The Cape of Storms is featured in the film Kagen no Tsuki: Last Quarter The song is said to be based on an Richard Wagners opera The Flying Dutchman. ... An X-ray picture (radiograph), taken by Wilhelm RÃ¶ntgen in 1896, of his wifes hand X-rays (or RÃ¶ntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

Results from FactBites:

Roentgen - MSN Encarta (744 words)
	Roentgen's discovery of X rays was a momentous advance for physics and medicine and earned him the 1901 Nobel Prize in physics.
	Roentgen worked as a laboratory assistant at the University of Würzburg in Germany from 1868 to 1872 and at the University of Strasbourg in Germany from 1872 to 1874.
	Roentgen was using a Crookes tube without an aluminum window and he had surrounded the tube in fl cardboard to better see the tube glow.

Boston Globe Online / Table of Contents (1340 words)
	Roentgen called them "X-rays" because their nature was so puzzling, but others were soon calling them Roentgen rays, and he won the very first Nobel prize for physics in 1901.
	Even Roentgen's famous X-ray image of his wife's hand, which he conceived as a sort of tribute, "actually frightened her terribly," according to a Roentgen biographer.
	Roentgen's brilliance was in seizing on a chance observation and recognizing what it meant -- for which he won the Nobel.

More results at FactBites »

COMMENTARY

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.