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How Heinrich Hertz Changed The World Of Radiology

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So Good, It Hertz Heinrich Hertz was a German Physicist who was able to contribute many discoveries and contributions to the world of Radiology. Hertz was known to have “paved the way for numerous advances in communication technology” through the discovery of radio waves and also confirming the Electromagnetic Theory made by James Clerk Maxwell. Though many people do not know who Heinrich Hertz was, many know the word “hertz (Hz)” as a unit of measure of frequency that was established in Heinrich Hertz honor during 1930. To further expand on the man named Heinrich Hertz, looking at his early history, his radiologic contributions, and why those contributions were important gives insight on how he changed the world of Radiology. Heinrich Hertz …show more content…

It all started when Hertz was teaching and was simply showing his students electrical sparks. He soon began testing out different sparks and seeing how the electricity jumped from each of the wire receptors. He soon discovered that the vibration from the wires could radiate electromagnetic waves that could pass through the air invisible. With these findings, Hertz created an apparatus called an Oscillator. With using the Oscillator, Hertz was able to use high voltage A.C. electricity to create sparks that could jump from one wire to the other. Thus, Hertz had not only produced radio waves, but he was also able to detect them also. Once Hertz discovered radio waves, he was easily able to also prove Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism over the course of three years by doing simple experiments. By using his Oscillator apparatus, Hertz was able to prove that the waves that were being produced were a form of electromagnetism because much like light, they could be reflected, refracted, and produce standing waves. Hertz also was able to discover the Photoelectric Effect during one of his experiments. Though he did not proceed with this discovery, it was picked up by Albert Einstein. Einstein was able to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for the Photoelectric Effect even though technically Hertz had discovered it years

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