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This book, which will appeal to all with an interest in the history of radiology and physics, casts new light on the life and career of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, showing how his personality was shaped by his youth in the Netherlands and his teachers in Switzerland. Beyond this, it explores the technical developments relevant to the birth of radiology in the late nineteenth century and examines the impact of the discovery of X-rays on a broad range of scientific research. Röntgen (1845-1923) was born in Lennep, Germany, but emigrated with his family to the Netherlands in 1848. As a 17-year-old he moved to Utrecht, entering the Technical School and living at the home of Dr. Jan Willem Gunning. In this well-educated family he was stimulated to continue his studies at university. In 1868 he received a diploma from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich and just a year later completed a PhD in physics. He followed his mentor, August Kundt, to the universities of Würzburg (1870) and Strasburg (1872) and married Anna Ludwig in 1872. In 1879 Röntgen gained his first professorship at a German University, in Giessen, followed by a chair in Würzburg in 1888. Here he discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he received the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901. From 1900 until his retirement in 1921 he occupied the chair of physics at the Munich University.

This book, which will appeal to all with an interest in the history of radiology and physics, casts new light on the life and career of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, showing how his personality was shaped by his youth in the Netherlands and his teachers in Switzerland. Beyond this, it explores the technical developments relevant to the birth of radiology in the late nineteenth century and examines the impact of the discovery of X-rays on a broad range of scientific research.

Röntgen (1845-1923) was born in Lennep, Germany, but emigrated with his family to the Netherlands in 1848. As a 17-year-old he moved to Utrecht, entering the Technical School and living at the home of Dr. Jan Willem Gunning. In this well-educated family he was stimulated to continue his studies at university. In 1868 he received a diploma from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich and just a year later completed a PhD in physics. He followed his mentor, August Kundt, to the universities of Würzburg (1870) and Strasburg (1872) and married Anna Ludwig in 1872. In 1879 Röntgen gained his first professorship at a German University, in Giessen, followed by a chair in Würzburg in 1888. Here he discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he received the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901. From 1900 until his retirement in 1921 he occupied the chair of physics at the Munich University.

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Dieses Buch wendet sich an alle, die sich für die Geschichte der Radiologie und Physik interessieren. Es wirft ein neues Licht auf das Leben und die Karriere von Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, indem es zeigt, wie seine Persönlichkeit durch seine Jugend in den Niederlanden und sein Studium in der Schweiz geformt worden ist, wodurch er der Mann wurde, der ”eine neue Art von Strahlen” beschrieben hat.  Die Entdeckung der X-Strahlen (Röntgenstrahlen) Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts fiel mit einer Reihe von Erfindungen zusammen. Heute können wir uns ein Leben ohne Elektrizität, Telefon oder Auto nicht mehr vorstellen. Dies waren alles Neuheiten zu jener Zeit. Wie wichtig die Röntgenstrahlen für die Bildgebung waren, wurde sofort erkannt; denn sie eröffneten ganz neue Möglichkeiten den menschlichen Körper zu untersuchen. Dies war die Geburtsstundeder Radiologie. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) wurde in Lennep im Bergischen Land geborenund emigrierte mit seiner Familie 1848 in die Niederlande. Als 17-Jähriger zog er nachUtrecht um die Technische Schule zu besuchen. Er wohnte bei der Familie des Dr. JanWillem Gunning. Die sehr anregende Atmosphäre in dieser Familie veranlasste ihnzu studieren und nicht das Geschäft seines Vaters zu übernehmen. In Zürich erwarber das Diplom eines Maschineningenieurs am Polytechnikum und ein Jahr späterseinen Doktortitel an der Universität.  Mit seinem Mentor August Kundt arbeitete er in Würzburg (1870) und Straßburg (1872), was ihm erlaubte seine geliebte Bertha aus der Schweiz zu heiraten. In Gießen wurde er 1879 ordentlicher Professor der Physik. 1888 wechselte Röntgen nach Würzburg, wo er 1895 die X-Strahlen entdeckte. Von 1901 bis 1921 lehrte er an der Universität München. Für seine Entdeckung wurde ihm 1901 der 1. Nobelpreis in der Physik verliehen.