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Electricity and Magnetism IOP RESOURCES

Trump’s X-ray barbecue

John Trump, the uncle of US president Donald J. Trump, worked as one of Van de Graaff’s assistants. Trump went on to develop a...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

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Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

The risks of X-ray research

Thomas Edison nearly lost his eyesight using fluoroscopes (devices that produce real time X-ray images) from exposure to X...

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Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

X-ray of an author

Mark Twain may have inadvertently been the subject of the first X-ray.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

X-Ray Scanning
Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

Curie’s X-ray ambulances

Marie Curie responded rapidly to the outbreak of the First World War: within 10 days of the mobilisation of French troops, she...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

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