Labels:book | bulletin board | comic book | person | tribute album OCR: WILHELM RONTGEN (1845 1923) "HE DISCOVERY of X-rays in 1895 by the Prussian physicist Wilhelm Rontgen saw the begi nning of new age of physics and revolution in medicine Thinking that the rays were unrelated to light and being uncertain of their nature, he called them X-rays. Rontgen discovered that when -rays were directed through the body living person, the bones cast shadows on photographic plate placed behind the body -rays are now also used in concentrated doses to treat cancer Rontgen was the first person to he awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. which he received in 1901. The name rontgen now given to unit radiation, either X -rays or gamma rays. UFF DISCOVERY ALSO STORY F X-RAYS anda DISCOYERY
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