• Victor Hess, the first Ordentliche Assistent at the Radium Institute, where he carried work on cosmic radiation. In 1919 he received the Lieben Prize for his discovery of “ultra-radiation” (cosmic radiation), and in 1936 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Source: Central Library for Physics, Vienna.

Source: Central Library for Physics, Vienna.

From Trafficking materials and gendered experimental practices: Radium research in early 20th century Vienna by Maria Rentetzi

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