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This article from the American Physical Society's APS News Online provides an explanation of the discovery of X-rays and the revolutionary impact it has had on physics and astronomy. Roentgen's scientific career is described along with the announcement of his discovery and the applications of X-rays for diagnosis and therapy that followed. Also included is the famous first X-ray photograph from Roentgen's experiments of his wife's hand.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=4643">American Physical Society. APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays. College Park: American Physical Society, 2001.</a>
AIP Format
(American Physical Society, College Park, 2001), WWW Document, (https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm).
AJP/PRST-PER
APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays (American Physical Society, College Park, 2001), <https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm>.
APA Format
APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays. (2001). Retrieved February 8, 2026, from American Physical Society: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm
Chicago Format
American Physical Society. APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays. College Park: American Physical Society, 2001. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm (accessed 8 February 2026).
MLA Format
APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays. College Park: American Physical Society, 2001. 8 Feb. 2026 <https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm>.
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Title = {APS News Online: This Month in Physics History – November 8, 1895: Roentgen's Discovery of X-rays},
Publisher = {American Physical Society},
Volume = {2026},
Number = {8 February 2026},
Year = {2001}
}
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