LEADER 03290nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910456248203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-585-05524-6 010 $a0-520-91899-1 010 $a9786613622723 010 $a1-280-59289-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520918993 035 $a(CKB)111000211185508 035 $a(EBL)919288 035 $a(OCoLC)42855101 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC919288 035 $a(DE-B1597)519475 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520918993 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL919288 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10563854 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362272 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211185508 100 $a19950712e19971996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLise Meitner$b[electronic resource] $ea life in physics /$fRuth Lewin Sime 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1997, c1996 215 $a1 online resource (564 p.) 225 1 $aCalifornia studies in the history of science ;$vv. 13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-20860-9 311 $a0-520-08906-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 505-512) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $t1. Girlhood in Vienna -- $t2. Beginnings in Berlin -- $t3. The First World War -- $t4. Professor in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut -- $t5. Experimental Nuclear Physics -- $t6. Under the Third Reich -- $t7. Toward the Discovery of Nuclear Fission -- $t8. Escape -- $t9. Exile in Stockholm -- $t10. The Discovery of Nuclear Fission -- $t11. Priorities -- $t12. Again, World War -- $t13. War Against Memory -- $t14. Suppressing the Past -- $t15. No Return -- $t16. Final Journeys -- $tAppendix -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aLise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics community. Of Jewish origin, Meitner fled Nazi Germany for Stockholm in 1938 and later moved to Cambridge, England. Her career was shattered when she fled Germany, and her scientific reputation was damaged when Hahn took full credit-and the 1944 Nobel Prize-for the work they had done together on nuclear fission. Ruth Sime's absorbing book is the definitive biography of Lise Meitner, the story of a brilliant woman whose extraordinary life illustrates not only the dramatic scientific progress but also the injustice and destruction that have marked the twentieth century. 410 0$aCalifornia studies in the history of science ;$vv. 13. 606 $aWomen physicists$zAustria$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen physicists 676 $a530/.092 676 $aB 686 $aUB 3231$2rvk 700 $aSime$b Ruth Lewin$f1939-$01006252 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456248203321 996 $aLise Meitner$92315294 997 $aUNINA