The German word for x-rays is Röntgen-Strahlen, so I used to believe it must be an amazing coincidence that the man who discovered them bore the name of Röntgen.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- I used to think it was an amazing coincidence that all my members of my family had the same name.— Raj
- I used to think it was a coincidence that judges all had the first name "Justice".— Katz
- I used to believe that God was the light rays shining through the clouds.— Lynn
- I used to call the rays of light from the sun "sun BEANS". That's what it sounded like to me.Anon
- I used to believe that the visible rays of the sun were beaming people up to heaven. like in star trek.Anon
- I used to believe that the rays of sun coming through clouds were how God led newly dead souls into heaven.— Jenni