Review article
https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-61-2010-2062
Dragutin Mayer and Božo Metzger: Leaders in Radiation Science and Radiation Protection in Croatia
Branko Hanžek
orcid.org/0009-0004-2140-0166
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zavod za povijest i fi lozofi ju znanosti, Odsjek za povijest prirodnih i matematičkih znanosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zdenko Franić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-6043
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Soon after Röntgen described X-rays (in many languages also known as Röntgen-rays) in end 1895, information about their use in medicine and science came to Croatia and first roentgenograms and Röntgen tubes were acquired by the beginning of the year 1896. That same year saw the first demonstration of Xrays and the effective beginning of radiation science in Croatia. This article speaks about, the work of Božo Metzger and the late Dragutin Mayer, two remarkable radiation scientists from Croatia. Both had a unique role in teaching radiation protection and physics at a university level. Their recollections reveal many unknown details about the history of radiation science and radiation protection in Croatia.
Keywords
high education; physics; X-rays
Hrčak ID:
62490
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2010.
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