XI Международная студенческая научная конференция Студенческий научный форум - 2019

He was born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep, Prussia (Now Remscheid, Germany)

His parent’s names were Charlotte and Friedrich

An interesting fact: Charlotte and Friedrich were first cousins

Apparently, that happened a lot back in those days

His father Friedrich was a textile merchant

Röntgen was known as Willi by his parents

I feel I have a connection with him now, so for the rest of this power point I will do the same.

Education

When Willi first began his academic career, he attended the primary public school in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

In an attempt to increase his chances for receiving further schooling, his parents enrolled him in a private boarding school called Kostschool

In 1865 at the age of 20 Willi enrolled at the University of Utrecht to study physics

He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1869 for his thesis on the states of gases

Willi’s one True Love

During his time in school he spent many nights talking science and intellect with Otto Ludwig, a “professor” at the university

Ludwig had a second daughter named Anna Bertha Ludwig who frequently sat in on these conversations

Both Willi and Bertha loved the outdoors and took nature walks together

The sparks flew and their love for one another grew

They eventually tied the knot in Apeldoorn, Netherlands on January 19, 1872

Early Jobs

Röntgen first became an assistant to August Kundt, a professor of physics at the University of Würzberg

This helped him realize his interest in the pure sciences

He moved with Kundt to the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität in Strasbourg in 1872

Eventually was appointed the Chair of Physics at the University of Würzberg 1888

After jumping around for a few years he finally settled in at the University of Munich in 1900

His Contribution to Modern Physics

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays on November 8th, 1895

While performing an experiment in his laboratory that night, he accidentally discovered these rays

Because of this discovery, the treatment of many health issues have been possible

Examples: Broken bones and lupus

In addition, this makes it now possible to locate objects inside of a body, like a bullet

It is far easier to surgically remove objects like these once they have been located by X-rays

The Experiment

Röntgen covered his cathode ray tube in thick, black carbon, to block out all light

He shot rays out of a cathode ray tube

He was not expecting anything spectacular to happen at this moment

He saw a green light appear some enormous distance away

By enormous we mean that cathode rays had never been observed at such a great distance before

He repeated the experiment to see if it was a fluke

He observed that when a plate covered in barium platinocyanide phosphor was placed in the path of the rays, it became fluorescent

He then replaced this plate with a photographic plate to record the images.

He held different objects in the path of the rays and was fascinated by the results

Depending on the transparency of the material, the plates would burn an image of varying brightness

He experimented with many different objects

This includes his wife’s hand

The image produced (next page) was of the bones in her hand and the ring she was wearing

Notice how the ring is much darker than everything else

Since Röntgen didn’t have a name for these rays, he called them X-rays

Other Accomplishments

Willi published many scientific articles and papers throughout his life

These include: “On the Influence of Pressure upon the Viscosity of Liquids, especially of Water” and “On the Thermo-, Actino-, and Piezo-electrical Properties of Quartz”

He Won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays

Willi and his wife Bertha adopted Bertha’s niece Josephine Berta

His Last Days

At the age of 77 Willi hiked up his favorite mountain once more to see the awe inspiring view it gave

Shortly after his last hike he started to suffer from intestinal pain and asthmatic attacks

He died on February 10, 1923 from what doctors diagnosed as a blocked intestine

Affecting Modern Day Technology

Almost everyone has had an X-ray at some point in their life

When most people have symptoms of broken bones, they need X-rays

Without Röntgen who knows if this would be possible today

His discovery of X-rays caused countless scientists to turn their attention to phenomena like it

It is very logical to claim that his discovery influenced the science behind so many others

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