Mathematician:Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Mathematician

German mechanical engineer and physicist who discovered X-rays.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 27 March 1845 in Lennep, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
• Died: 10 February 1923 in Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic

Theorems and Definitions

• Roentgen (unit of radioactivity)

Definitions of concepts named for Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen can be found here.

Publications

• 1895: Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen ("On A New Kind of Rays")

Also known as

His surname is also seen as Roentgen.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive