Who was awarded the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901, for his experimental work with radiation?
A) C. E. Kells
B) O. Walkhoff
C) W. D. Coolidge
D) W. C. Roentgen
D
Explanation: A) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray on November 8, 1895, when he noted that a fluorescent screen near a Crookes vacuum tube began to glow when an electric current was passed through the tube.
B) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray on November 8, 1895, when he noted that a fluorescent screen near a Crookes vacuum tube began to glow when an electric current was passed through the tube.
C) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray on November 8, 1895, when he noted that a fluorescent screen near a Crookes vacuum tube began to glow when an electric current was passed through the tube.
D) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray on November 8, 1895, when he noted that a fluorescent screen near a Crookes vacuum tube began to glow when an electric current was passed through the tube.
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