Rngten's discovery of X-rays at the end of 1895 immediately captured both the scientific and popular imaginations, and catapulted him to international fame, culminating in his receipt of the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901. Otto Glasser's Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen here reprinted in its entirety from the 1933 English translation, is the most comprehensive biography of Rntgen ever written, presenting the full story of his life and work. With nearly 100 illustrations, and an extensive history of the acceptance and application of X-rays in the period just following Rntgen's discovery.
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Reprinted from the English translation of 1933, this is the most comprehensive biography of Röntgen ever written, presenting the full story of his life and work. Limited to 750 copies. 494pp. 96 illus. 6" 9". Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper. ISBN 0-930405-22-6. 1993. Norman Radiology Series No. 1; Norman Science/Technology Series No. 2. Seller Inventory # 13807
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xii, 494 p. (Norman Science / Technology series, no. 2.) Reprint. Originally published: Springfield, Ill. : C.C. Thomas, 1934 ; Bibliography ; Includes index. Seller Inventory # 9627
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