Rontgen, a physics professor in Austria was working on a series of experiments with vacuum tubes when he discovered a rare kind of rays. He became consumed by his work and spent days and nights in the lab. He named his invention as X-rays; X is a term often used on Mathematics to denote the unknown. Before Rontgen's revelation, physicians were unable to look inside a person's body without making an incision. Rontgen, the father of diagnostic radiology, was the recipient of the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901. He never took patents on his discovery so that the rays could be widely used.
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