115th anniversary of the x-ray

By: The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

Posted under Body & Mind, History of Medicine, Health, What's On

To mark 115 years of the X-Ray, we explore them inside and out.

08 Nov

2010

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115th anniversary of the x-ray

X-Ray specs BBC

Making x-rays with sticky tape jimmiehomeschoolmom under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

X-rays and planet formation Dreamstime

From our LearningSpace

LearningSpace: Imaging in medicine BBC

Study at the OU

Study science with The Open University Photo: Corbis / Ozone layer over earth / Science / Open University

Like science? See our short courses Jmarijs | Dreamstime.com

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