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
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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
