- Like Pierre Curie, Röntgen refused to take out patents related to his discovery, as he wanted mankind as a whole to benefit from practical applications. He did not even want the rays to be named after him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wilhelm_r%C3%B6ntgen 22 comments science
Linking pages
- How Did X Become the Edgiest Letter? https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/how-did-x-become-the-most-edgy-letter 0 comments
- Why X marks the unknown https://cosmosmagazine.com/mathematics/why-x-marks-unknown-0 0 comments
- The Role of Dumb Luck, Wrong-Turns and Oops in Science Progress https://onepercentrule.substack.com/p/the-role-of-dumb-luck-wrong-turns 0 comments