Illuminating the Invisible: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the Discovery of X-Rays Author: [Your Name/Placeholder] Date: October 26, 2023 Subject: History of Medicine / Medical Physics
Röntgen put his hand on her shoulder, but his eyes were already back on the plate. “I am calling them X-rays,” he said. “X for unknown.” founder of radiology
Born on March 27, 1845, in Lennep, Germany, Röntgen was the only child of Friedrich and Franziska Röntgen. His family moved to Apeldoorn, Netherlands, when he was three years old. Röntgen spent his early years in Apeldoorn, where he developed a strong interest in science and mathematics. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Zurich and later earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Würzburg in 1869. Illuminating the Invisible: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the