Lise Meitner
An Austrian physicist and a pioneer of nuclear physics
- Lise Meitner (1878–1968)
Born in Vienna in 1878, she overcame many barriers as a woman in science and became Germany’s first female professor of physics in 1926.
In 1938 she fled Nazi Germany to Sweden. That same year, her colleague Otto Hahn performed an experiment that revealed nuclear fission, but he could not explain it. Meitner provided the missing insight and understood its true importance. While Hahn received the Nobel Prize, Meitner’s contribution went unrecognised. Today Lise Meitner is celebrated as a brilliant scientist and a symbol of resilience.
Learn more about
The scientist
- Wikipedia
- Die übergangene Pionierin | DPMA (DE)
- Nuclear Museum
- Leben & Werk der Physikerin – (GEOLINO) (DE)
The science
-
Short explanation of Auger effect: nuclear-power.com
-
More details about fission: nuclear-power.com
The illustration
Drawn by Nuriya Nurgalieva: Website
