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History Today: How a German Scientist Accidentally Discovered X-Rays and Changed the World

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On November 8 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, while experimenting with cathode rays in his lab, stumbled upon X-rays, a discovery that changed medicine forever. In 1901, Röntgen’s life-changing breakthrough earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics

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History Today: How a German scientist accidentally discovered X-rays and changed the world

On November 8 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, while experimenting with cathode rays in his lab, stumbled upon X-rays, a discovery that changed medicine forever. In 1901, Röntgen’s life-changing breakthrough earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics

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08.11.1895: Wilhelm X-Rays and the Discovery of X-Rays

On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm X-rays discovered rays that permeate everything. First dangerous fair spectacle, they soon save lives and bring the first Nobel Prize to X-rays.

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