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Lise Meitner

Born

in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Austria

November 07, 1878

Died

October 27, 1968

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner

Genre

Science, Physics, Nuclear Physics

Influences

Albert Einstein, Otto Hahn, Max Planck, Fritz Strassmann, Enrico Fermi ...more

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Lise Meitner was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women's scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee. A 1997 Physics Today study concluded that Meitner's omission was "a rare instance in which personal negative opinions apparently led to the exclusion of a deserving scientist" from the Nobel. Element 109, meitnerium, is named in her honour.

Meitner was born into a family as the third of eight children in Vienna, 2nd district (Leopoldstadt). She was born on 7 November 1878. Lise Meitner was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women's scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee. A 1997 Physics Today study concluded that Meitner's omission was "a rare instance in which personal negative opinions apparently led to the exclusion of a deserving scientist" from the Nobel. Element 109, meitnerium, is named in her honour.

Meitner was born into a family as the third of eight children in Vienna, 2nd district (Leopoldstadt). She was born on 7 November 1878. She shortened her name from Elise to Lise.

On 15 November 1945 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Hahn had been awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission. Some historians who have documented the history of the discovery of nuclear fission believe Meitner should have been awarded the Nobel Prize with Hahn.

On a visit to the USA in 1946, she received the honour of "Woman of the Year" by the National Press Club and had dinner with President Harry Truman and others at the Women's National Press Club. She lectured at Princeton, Harvard and other US universities, and was awarded a number of honorary doctorates. Meitner refused to move back to Germany, and enjoyed retirement and research in Stockholm until her late 80s. She received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society in 1949. Meitner was nominated to receive the prize three times. An even rarer honour was given to her in 1997 when element 109 was named meitnerium in her honour. Named after Meitner were the Hahn–Meitner-Institut in Berlin, craters on the Moon and on Venus, and a main-belt asteroid.

Meitner was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1945, and had her status changed to that of a Swedish member in 1951.

In 1966 Hahn, Fritz Strassmann and Meitner were jointly awarded the Enrico Fermi Award.

Meitner received 21 scientific honours and awards for her work (including 5 honorary doctorates and membership of many academies). In 1947 she received the Award of the City of Vienna for science. She was the first female member of the scientific class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2008, the NBC defence school of the Austrian Armed Forces established the "Lise Meitner" award.

In 1960, Meitner was awarded the Wilhelm Exner Medal and in 1967, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.

Public facilities such as schools and streets were named after her in many cities. ...more

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	Lise Meitner: Erinnerungen an Otto Hahn by Lise Meitner, Dietrich Hahn (Herausgeber) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Aufbau Der Atomkerne: Natürliche und Künstliche Kernumwandlungen by Lise Meitner, Max Delbrück it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1935 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biochemie III. Lernzusammenfassung it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Beiträge zur Physik und Chemie des 20. Jahrhunderts: Lise Meitner Otto Hahn Max von Laue zum 80. Geburtstag by Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max Laue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.”
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tags: admiration, awe, joy, naturalism, objectivity, relaity, science, scientist, selfless, teach, truth, wonder

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“Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty.”
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“You must not blame us scientists for the use which war technicians have put our discoveries.”
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tags: blame, discoveries, science, scientists, war, war-technicians

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