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Lise Meitner

676 words, approx. 3 pages

Lise Meitner 1878-1968 Austrian-Swedish Physicist and Radiochemist Lise Meitner is best known for her role in the discovery that heavy unstable nuclei such as uranium-235 could decay by a fission proc... Read more

Meitner, Lise (1878–1968)

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Meitner, Lise (1878–1968) In a 1959 lecture at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Lise Meitner reflected that "Life need not be easy, provided that it is not empty." Life was not ... Read more

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Lise Meitner

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Lise Meitner (1878-1968) helped to develop the theory behind nuclear fission, and became the first woman professor in Germany.The prototypical female scientist of the early twentieth century was a wom... Read more

Lise Meitner

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Meitner was born in Vienna on November 7, 1878, the third of eight children. She attended the University of Vienna, where she received a doctorate in physics in 1906. She was attracted to the Universi... Read more

Lise Meitner

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The prototypical female scientist of the early twentieth century was a woman devoted to her work, sacrificing family and personal relationships in favor of science; modestly brilliant; generous; and u... Read more

Lise Meitner

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