Roentgen Centennial

[Bruce Busby <bbusby@umich.edu>]

Announcing the ROENTGEN CENTENNIAL - International Congress on the
100th Anniversary of the Discovery of X-Rays in Wuerzburg
October 23 to 27, 1995
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On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the X-rays 
at the Institute of Physics of Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet of 
Wuerzburg. This discovery had an enormous impact on natural sciences, 
medicine, and technology. 

To celebrate the centenary of Roentgen's discovery, the Institute of 
Physics organizes an international congress from October 23 to 27, 
1995 at the University of Wuerzburg. 

The congress will cover most X-ray related topics in basic and applied 
physics, biology, medicine, material science, crystallography, and 
other fields: 

	* New X-ray sources 
	* X-Ray scattering
	* X-Ray absorption spectroscopy
	* X-Ray induced spectroscopies
	* X-Ray microscopy and lithography
	* X-Ray astronomy
	* X-Rays in medicine 
	* X-Rays in biology 
	* X-Rays in material sciences 

The congress will bring together leading experts from all over the world 
to celebrate an important event in the history of science and to discuss 
the present status and future aspects of X-rays and their applications. 

For more information contact our WWW-homepage

		<URL:http://wpyx42.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/X100/>

--
Peter Vaeterlein,  Experimentelle Physik 2, Universitaet Wuerzburg    
snail: Am Hubland, D-97074 Wuerzburg, Germany   Tel.: +49(0)931/888-5711 
email: peter.vaeterlein@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de Fax : +49(0)931/888-5158
         WWW : <URL:http://wpyx42.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~pevau/>