Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

Author
Patricia Rife
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Physics

Documenting the extraordinary life of an aspiring woman scientist whose life was filled with adversity. Surviving both World Wars and gender discrimination, Meitner was a pioneer at the forefront of her discipline involving the study of radio-elements and nuclear fission.


Keywords: Physics and Astronomy / History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics / Physics History / Nuclear physics / Nuclear physicists / Women physicists