The life of Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen : discoverer of the X Ray
by Nitske, Robert W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0816502595
- ISBN 13
- 9780816502592
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About This Item
Tucson,: University of Arizona Press, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. purple cloth, gilt cover and spine, xi, 355 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map (on lining paper), portraits, small tear in rear panel of d.j. at foot of spine, in protective mylar jacket, Includes three papers by W.C. Rontgen, A new kind of ray, preliminary communication; A new kind of ray, continuation; and Further observations on the properties of X rays, third communication (p. 310-336). CONTENTS; The discovery--the magnum opus -- Antecedence and early environment -- Student days--gaudeamus igitur -- The peripatetic professor -- Relaxation--die grossen ferien -- To Wurzburg, again -- The strange phenomenon -- Honors and tributes -- The news media -- "The new marvel in photography" / by H.J.W. Dam -- Brief interlude -- Priority claims -- By any name -- Pioneer work--equipment and utilization -- the final communication on x rays -- Why Munich? -- X equals electromagnetic -- The forest haven in Weilheim -- The war years -- After the war -- Alone -- An eventful final year..
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- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112555885
- Title
- The life of Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen : discoverer of the X Ray
- Author
- Nitske, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816502595
- ISBN 13
- 9780816502592
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson,
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo,.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ro¨ntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, -- 1845-1923.,Radiology -- history., Ro¨ntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, -- 1845-1923,Natuurkundigen. ,
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- Technology/Science; Biography & Autobiography; Medical;
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