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The first German to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen discovered X-rays.
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I don’t remember sitting down.
It’s just an experiment.
I didn’t think. I experimented.
~Wilhelm Lintgun
He did not file a patent, saying it should be shared with mankind.
In the end, he sacrificed himself for humanity and lived in poverty.
He eventually passed away on February 10, 1923 (age 77).
just the light itself
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