TY - GEN A1 - Stanik, Eva A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Schreiber, Kai A1 - Kätker, Anna A1 - Busch, Uwe T1 - X-ray honour gallery - award winners of the Röntgen Medal N2 - Starting in 1951, on the 50th anniversary of the award of the first Nobel Prize for physics to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the Lord Mayor of the German city of Remscheid has annually awarded Röntgen Medals to scientists who "in the broadest sense have made a special contribution to the progress and dissemination of X-ray discoveries in the theoretical and applied sciences". The Röntgen Medal has become highly recognized in the scientific world. To date, more than one hundred scientists have received this honour. Through their chronology, this contribution presents a "Who’s Who" of X-ray science and provides selected insights into their scientific work; with special focus on the fields of X-ray optics and X-ray astronomy. N2 - Poster KW - X-ray KW - X-ray discoveries KW - X-ray optics KW - X-ray astronomy KW - Röntgen Medal KW - Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923 KW - Medaille KW - Röntgenstrahlung Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schreiber, Kai A1 - Kätker, Anna A1 - Busch, Uwe A1 - Stanik, Eva A1 - Döhring, Thorsten T1 - Insights into the history of X-rays: the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum in Remscheid N2 - In 1895, Professor Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen detected a new kind of radiation that was able to penetrate solid materials, which he called x-rays. In 1901 Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in physics in honour of this ground breaking discovery. The Deutsches Röntgen-Museum in Remscheid in Germany is the institution that uniquely and comprehensively explores and documents the life and work of W. C. Röntgen and the impact of his discovery. The museum’s location in Remscheid is not coincidental, with Röntgen’s birthplace only a short walk away from its exhibits. Every visit to the museum amounts to a unique expedition through the worlds of medicine, science, and technology. The museum’s emphasis on the diversity of Röntgen’s invention by a multilingual, multi-medial approach enables all visitors to make their own personal discoveries. The Deutsches Röntgen-Museum in Remscheid is a mustsee for x-ray scientists from anywhere in the world. This contribution provides an insight into the history of x-rays and offers a guided tour of the Deutsches Röntgen-Museum and its exhibits. N2 - Poster KW - X-ray history KW - Deutsches Röntgen-Museum KW - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen KW - X-rays KW - Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923 KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Deutsches Röntgen-Museum Y1 - 2022 ER -