Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen The Birth of Radiology /

• Main Authors: Rosenbusch, Gerd (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), de Knecht-van Eekelen, Annemarie (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Radiology.; Medicine-History.; Imaging / Radiology.; History of Medicine.

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 techni...

Table of Contents:

• 1) Born for Business, Raised for Science (1845-1865)
• 2) A Future in Physics (1865-1875)
• 3) Reliable Lecturer, Conscientious Investigator (1875-1895)
• 4) Enjoying the Company of Friends, Hiking, Hunting, Playing
• 5) A New Kind of Rays
• 6) Living the Life of a Celebrity (1900-1914)
• 7) World War I Changes Everything (1914-1923)
• 8) X-rays - Vista of Another World.