Dedicated to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of x-rays in 1895 and to the other Nobel Laureates who taught at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, the tablet stands outside the Röntgen Memorial, located in the former Physics Institute of the University. The only non-German among the Nobel Laureates listed on the tablet was Svante Arrhenius from Sweden.
The English translation reads:
European Physics Society (EPS)
EPS Historic Site
Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg (1879-1978)
Place of the Discovery of X-rays
In this building, the former Physics Institute of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays on 8 November 1895.
His discovery, for which he received the world’s first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901, revolutionised medical diagnostics, non-destructive material analysis, and the natural sciences. Today, Röntgen Rays (X-rays) are used in countless applications in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, medicine, materials research, component testing, and security technology.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was the first in a long line of Nobel Prize laureates – including Emil Fischer, Svante Arrhenius, Eduard Buchner, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Wilhelm Wein, Max von Laue, Johannesburg Stark, Walther Nernst, and Klaus von Klizing – who, during their scientific careers, taught and conducted research in physics and chemistry at the University of Würzburg, strengthening its worldwide reputation. 7 June 2016
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