X-Ray

First discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen on November 8, 1895, an x-ray is a short energy beams with wavelength in ranges of 0.01 to 10 nanometers. X-rays are often used to display the contents of an object, such as the contents of a package, luggage, or the human body. The picture shows an example of what a computer laptop looks like in an X-ray picture.

Wilhelm Rongten

Name: Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

Born: March 27, 1845, in Lennep, Rhine Province, Germany

Death: February 10, 1923 (Age: 77)

Computer-related contributions

·         German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays in 1895.

Honors and awards

·         IUPAC named element number 111 Roentgenium (Rg) in his honor (2004).

·         Nobel Prize for Physics (1901).

·         Elliott Cresson Medal (1897).

·         Matteucci Medal (1896).

·         Rumford Medal (1896).