Sheril KirshenbaumDec 26, 2022

Fission is in the news, but few recognize that a woman physicist was behind the discovery.

Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/physicshistory.cfm #women #history #science #HistoryRemix

This Month in Physics History

February 11, 1939: Meitner/Frisch paper on nuclear fission

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@Sheril
Typical male behavior. Take credit for woman's work. Lie about having done the work. Hate the woman for being smarter than him thus try to harm her. The very weakness of male.

70% of valedictorians are women. We are the smarter sex (and yes, that does include math and science)

Women's insurance rates are lower because we are better drivers.

We also make better fighter pilots (less"friendly fire") & police officers.

Google it.

Dec 26, 2022 at 1:20pmWeb