Lise Meitner : a life in physics / Ruth Lewin Sime.
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1996.
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| Series: | California studies in the history of science ;
v. 13. |
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| Summary: | Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics community. Of Jewish origin, Meitner fled Nazi Germany for Stockholm in 1938 and later moved to Cambridge, England. Her career was shattered when she fled Germany, and her scientific reputation was damaged when Hahn took full credit-and the 1944 Nobel Prize-for the work they had done together on. |
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| Item Description: | "A centennial book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 526 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-512) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520918993 0520918991 0585055246 9780585055244 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |