Talk:Ivan Pulyui
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[edit] Did Pulyui actually discover X-Rays?
Since this is the decisive question concerning this physicist I would like to let people having doubts about it refer to the investigations on this topic. The most thorough coverage of this question in Ukrainian that I could find are a dissertation:
- Рокіцький Олександр Михайлович. Іван Пулюй у світовій науці й культурі: Дис... канд. іст. наук: 07.00.07 / Тернопільський держ. технічний ун-т ім. Івана Пулюя — К., 2002. — 175арк.
and two books:
- Гайда Р. П. Іван Пулюй та становлення науки про Х-промені. — Львів, 1997. — 62с. — (Препр. / НАН України; Інститут фізики конденсованих систем; 97-17U).
- Гайда Роман, Пляцко Роман. Іван Пулюй. 1845-1918: Життєписно- бібліографічний нарис / Наукове товариство імені Шевченка у Львові / Олег Купчинський (відп.ред.). — Л., 1998. — 284с. — (Визначні діячі НПШ; 7). — На обкл. автор не зазначений.. — ISBN 5-7707-8500-4.
There is also a German translation: Gajda R. , Plazko R. Johann Puluj Ratsel des universalen Talents, EuroWelt-Verlag, L´wiw 2001, ISBN 966-7343-04-9. These books are available at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. I could only have a look at the latter two. They seem quite comprehensive and the point the author makes is the Pulyui actually did see the X-rays, but did not recognize them as what they are. He himself did not take the credit for the discovery. Some of more aggresive and resentful claims on Pulyuis being the first come from his biographers, as Gajda points out. A short synophis in English by Gajda on Pulyui and X-rays can be found here. There is also a number of publications in German and Austrian press about Pulyui, the references to these can be found in the German wikipedia article on Pulyui. Silin2005 (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am removing the {{who}} tags I put in yesterday and will come back to deal with the WP:WEASEL wording in due course. Thanks for this. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:06, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am now reading Гайда Р. П. Іван Пулюй та становлення науки про Х-промені. — Львів, 1997. — 62с. — (Препр. / НАН України; Інститут фізики конденсованих систем; 97-17U). The book name translates to English as Ivan Pulyui and the establishment of the X-ray science. When I'm finished, I'm planning first to expand the section on Pulyui's contribution to X-Ray in German wikipedia article, then here eventually. I wish there were any sources in English to cite, but I didn't come across anything so far. Silin2005 (talk) 19:25, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
