The X-Ray
- Episode aired Dec 16, 2020
"I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Rontgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was ma... Read all"I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Rontgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was made by her husband, the German physics professor Wilhelm Rontgen. He had previously invente... Read all"I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Rontgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was made by her husband, the German physics professor Wilhelm Rontgen. He had previously invented the X-ray while experimenting with so-called Crookes tubes. Great Inventions charts this... Read all