The Mystery of Radiation
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Röntgen discovers X-rays
Jimmy recounts Wilhelm Röntgen's 1895 experiments and the first X‑ray image of a hand.
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Jimmy recounts Wilhelm Röntgen's 1895 experiments and the first X‑ray image of a hand.
From 1895 to 1900, a burst of discoveries transformed science's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace the full arc of radiation's discovery — from Röntgen's X-rays to Becquerel's uranium rays to Marie Curie naming radioactivity — and examine its dangers, benefits, and significance.
