X-Ray

MLA Documentation

"X-Ray." About.com Inventors. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.

Summary

This article tells readers about the history of the x-ray. It also tells how Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen accidently discovered the x-ray with his wife’s hand.

Author’s Intent/Audience

The author’s intent is to tell readers how the x-ray was first discovered by in 1895, and the audience is anyone who is curious about the modern day x-ray.

Evidence/Supports

Medical x-rays are produced by letting a stream of fast electrons come to a sudden stop at a metal plate.

A week after his discovery, Rontgen took an X-ray photograph of his wife's hand which clearly revealed her wedding ring and her bones.

Fallacies/Biases

N/A

Opinion

This is a great article because it tells how the x-ray was discovered and even shows a picture of the very first x-ray. It gives a good explanation of how medical x-rays work.

Good topic idea for me?

I think this is a good topic idea for me because after high school I want to do something in the medical field, and with experiencing x-rays myself, being a x-ray technician would be another career choice of mine.

Good topic idea for you?

Depending on the person, if you are not interested in the medical field one bit I do not suggest this for you. If you are interested in how x-rays work and how they were discovered, then I would highly suggest this for you.

URL: http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/x-ray.htm