Summary "I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Rontgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was made by her husband, the German physics professor Wilhelm Rontgen. He had previously invented the X-ray while experimenting with so-called Crookes tubes. Great Inventions charts this revolutionary technology, including bizarre images of X-ray equipment in shoe shops, the importance of electron beams in medicine and their connection with space.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Shini Somara Liv Boeree John Last Martin Archer
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Dec 15, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany Netherlands United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Off the Fence World Media Rights Productions Doc.station Medienproduktion
Summary "I have seen my death." These were the words of a woman when she saw an image of her hand. The woman was Anna Rontgen and the image was the first X-ray of a part of the human body. It was made by her husband, the German physics professor Wilhelm Rontgen. He had previously invented the X-ray while experimenting with so-called Crookes tubes. Great Inventions charts this revolutionary technology, including bizarre images of X-ray equipment in shoe shops, the importance of electron beams in medicine and their connection with space.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Dec 15, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany Netherlands United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Off the Fence World Media Rights Productions Doc.station Medienproduktion