"Sunday, November 8 marks the 120th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in the history of science: an obscure...

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"Sunday, November 8 marks the 120th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in the history of science: an obscure German physics professor’s discovery of the X-ray. His name was Wilhelm Roentgen, and in the six weeks that followed, he devoted nearly every waking hour to exploring the properties of the new rays before announcing his discovery to the world. Within just months, scientists worldwide were experimenting with the newly discovered rays. Roentgen’s discovery and its subsequent revolutionary impact represent one of science’s greatest stories.

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Despite the urging of friends and colleagues who wanted him to grow rich from his discovery, Roentgen refused to file a patent application and even donated the entire monetary component of his Nobel Prize (the equivalent today of US$1.2 million) to his university. He firmly believed that such discoveries are the property of all mankind. When Roentgen died in 1923, he had fallen into penury, his savings consumed by post-World War I inflation."

Excerpted from the linked article by Richard Gunderman published in conversation.com   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

http://theconversation.com/on-the-120th-anniversary-of-the-x-ray-a-look-at-how-it-changed-our-view-of-the-world-50154

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On the 120th anniversary of the X-ray, a look at how it changed our view of the world

November 8 marks the anniversary of Roentgen?s discovery of the X-ray. Its revolutionary impact represents one of science?s greatest stories.