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The life of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, discoverer of the X ray
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- Creator
- by W. Robert Nitske
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1971]
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- xi, 355 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map (on lining paper), portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780816502592, 0816502595
- OCLC
- ocm00137673
- Includes three papers by W. C. Röntgen, A new kind of ray, preliminary communication; A new kind of ray, continuation; and Further observations on the properties of X rays, third communication (p. 310-336)
- Bibliography: pages 339-345.
- The discovery--the magnum opus -- Antecedence and early environment -- Student days--gaudeamus igitur -- The peripatetic professor -- Relaxation--die grossen ferien -- To Würzburg, again -- The strange phenomenon -- Honors and tributes -- The news media -- "The new marvel in photography" / by H.J.W. Dam -- Brief interlude -- Priority claims -- By any name -- Pioneer work--equipment and utilization -- the final communication on x rays -- Why Munich? -- X equals electromagnetic -- The forest haven in Weilheim -- The war years -- After the war -- Alone -- An eventful final year
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- Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923.
- Radiology -- history.
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- Radiology -- biography.
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- Radiography -- history.
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- Radiography -- biography.
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- X-Rays -- history.
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