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Röntgen and the Nobel Prize: With Notes from His Correspondence with Svante Arrhenius

Röntgen and the Nobel Prize: With Notes from His Correspondence with Svante Arrhenius ACTA RADIOLOGICA OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF DE:-lMARK, Fl,\;LA:-lO, I'ORWAY A:"D SW"DEN Vol. 8 DIAGNOSIS Fasc.6 November RONTGEN AND THE NOBEL PRIZE With notes from his correspondence with Svante Arrhenius by F OLKE KNUTSSON The first distribution of Nobel prizes took place in Stockholm on December 10th, 1901. That year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to be awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen according to a decision made at the Meeting of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences on November 12th, 1901. Rontgen, on being notified of this decision, wrote to Svante Arrhenius, with whom he was already acquainted. Arrhenius was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, and Rontgen was anxious to obtain information concerning various matters connected with the award. The subsequent correspondence has hitherto received no attention although it may be considered of interest in that it throws some light on Ront­ gen's personality. Rontgen, in a letter dated November 17th, 1901, was notified officially by the Secretary of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize. He was also told of the Academy's wish that the decision be kept secret until the presentation of the prize http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis SAGE

Röntgen and the Nobel Prize: With Notes from His Correspondence with Svante Arrhenius

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Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis , Volume 8 (6): 12 – Aug 30, 2016
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ACTA RADIOLOGICA OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF DE:-lMARK, Fl,\;LA:-lO, I'ORWAY A:"D SW"DEN Vol. 8 DIAGNOSIS Fasc.6 November RONTGEN AND THE NOBEL PRIZE With notes from his correspondence with Svante Arrhenius by F OLKE KNUTSSON The first distribution of Nobel prizes took place in Stockholm on December 10th, 1901. That year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to be awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen according to a decision made at the Meeting of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences on November 12th, 1901. Rontgen, on being notified of this decision, wrote to Svante Arrhenius, with whom he was already acquainted. Arrhenius was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, and Rontgen was anxious to obtain information concerning various matters connected with the award. The subsequent correspondence has hitherto received no attention although it may be considered of interest in that it throws some light on Ront­ gen's personality. Rontgen, in a letter dated November 17th, 1901, was notified officially by the Secretary of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize. He was also told of the Academy's wish that the decision be kept secret until the presentation of the prize

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