Overview
- Combines information on Röntgen’s personal life and contacts to peers with discussion of the technical developments relevant to the birth of radiology
- Explores the hitherto neglected formative years of Röntgen
- Elucidates the vast influence of X-rays on a broad field of scientific research
Part of the book series: Springer Biographies (SPRINGERBIOGS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Röntgen (1845-1923) was born in Lennep, Germany, but emigrated with his family to the Netherlands in 1848. As a 17-year-old he moved to Utrecht, entering the Technical School and living at the home of Dr. Jan Willem Gunning. In this well-educated family he was stimulated to continue his studies at university. In 1868 he received a diploma from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich and just a year later completed a PhD in physics. He followed his mentor, August Kundt, to the universities of Würzburg (1870) and Strasburg (1872) and married Anna Ludwig in 1872. In 1879 Röntgen gained his first professorship at a German University, in Giessen, followed by a chair in Würzburg in 1888. Here he discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he received the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901. From 1900 until his retirement in 1921 he occupied the chair of physics at the Munich University.
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“This book will interest any readers interested in the history of medicine, physics, and twentieth‐century science. It is not intended for any specific audience and it can be read by anyone, as the writing is clear, simple, fluid, and pleasant. … The authors have made a careful search for relevant documentation and offer the results of their research in an extremely readable way.” (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, July 05, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen, PhD, was born in 1945 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She studied biology in her hometown university and in 1984 received a doctorate in the history of medicine for her thesis Towards a rational infant feeding. The science of nutrition and paediatrics in the Netherlands 1840–1914. From 1991 to 1998 she taught history of medicine at the Free University of Amsterdam. Until 2007 she managed the international consultancy and training activities of Cito, Institute for Educational Measurement in Arnhem, the Netherlands. She has written over a hundred articles and several books on the history of medicine, including a history of radiology in the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Book Subtitle: The Birth of Radiology
Authors: Gerd Rosenbusch, Annemarie de Knecht-van Eekelen
Series Title: Springer Biographies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97661-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97660-0Published: 02 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97661-7Published: 20 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2365-0613
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 203
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, History of Medicine