Sheril KirshenbaumAug 10, 2023

Physicist 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 without 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://whyy.org/articles/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize/ #science #history

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

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image description: Otto Hahn (left) and Lise Meitner (right) in 1912.

Both are wearing white lab coats and are standing by a bench in a laboratory. Otto looks down at something on the bench, Lise looks towards the camera.

To the left hand side are several pieces of lab equipment. Behind the scientists is a wall cabinet with shelves containing several labelled glass bottles.

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Aug 11, 2023 at 7:37pmWeb