03290nam 2200601Ia 450 991045624820332120200520144314.00-585-05524-60-520-91899-197866136227231-280-59289-310.1525/9780520918993(CKB)111000211185508(EBL)919288(OCoLC)42855101(MiAaPQ)EBC919288(DE-B1597)519475(DE-B1597)9780520918993(Au-PeEL)EBL919288(CaPaEBR)ebr10563854(CaONFJC)MIL362272(EXLCZ)9911100021118550819950712e19971996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLise Meitner[electronic resource] a life in physics /Ruth Lewin SimeBerkeley University of California Press1997, c19961 online resource (564 p.)California studies in the history of science ;v. 13Description based upon print version of record.0-520-20860-9 0-520-08906-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-512) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Girlhood in Vienna -- 2. Beginnings in Berlin -- 3. The First World War -- 4. Professor in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut -- 5. Experimental Nuclear Physics -- 6. Under the Third Reich -- 7. Toward the Discovery of Nuclear Fission -- 8. Escape -- 9. Exile in Stockholm -- 10. The Discovery of Nuclear Fission -- 11. Priorities -- 12. Again, World War -- 13. War Against Memory -- 14. Suppressing the Past -- 15. No Return -- 16. Final Journeys -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexLise 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 nuclear fission. Ruth Sime's absorbing book is the definitive biography of Lise Meitner, the story of a brilliant woman whose extraordinary life illustrates not only the dramatic scientific progress but also the injustice and destruction that have marked the twentieth century.California studies in the history of science ;v. 13.Women physicistsAustriaBiographyElectronic books.Women physicists530/.092BUB 3231rvkSime Ruth Lewin1939-1006252MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456248203321Lise Meitner2315294UNINA