Roentgen was a physicist from which country?

Roentgen was a physicist from which country?

• A. France
• B. Germany
• C. United States
• D. United Kingdom

Answer: (B)

Roentgen was a German physicist. He was born in Lennep, Prussia (now part of Germany) and conducted the famous X-ray experiments in Würzburg, Germany, in 1895, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for that discovery. So the country is Germany. The other options refer to different nations, not his nationality.

Roentgen was a German physicist. He was born in Lennep, Prussia (now part of Germany) and conducted the famous X-ray experiments in Würzburg, Germany, in 1895, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for that discovery. So the country is Germany. The other options refer to different nations, not his nationality.