Q. Who received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays?
Answer: Wilhelm Rontgen
Notes: Wilhelm Roentgen, a German mechanical engineer and physicist, received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for producing and detecting electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays. He termed “X-rays”, using the mathematical designation (“X”) for something unknown.
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