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Röntgen's rays

Nature volume 394, page 25 (1998)Cite this article

When X-rays were discovered in the last century they swiftly captured the popular imagination, giving rise to a new art form, saucy poetry and circus sideshows alongside their serious roles in science and medicine.

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Kemp, M. Röntgen's rays. Nature 394, 25 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/27790

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