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).
