Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895 opened up a new window on the physical world. Beginning with Bragg's introduction of crystallography in 1912, Moseley's ordering of the chemical elements in 1913, and Compton's discovery of the momentum of a photon in 1923, much of what we've learned about physics, chemistry, and biology in the last century has been discovered using X-rays. X-rays are now an indispensable tool in materials science and protein crystallography. In medicine, too, we've progressed from Roentgen's first shadow images of the bones in his hand to 3-D computerized tomography.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2012.645419
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