The amazing story of Lise Meitner
Norman, Andrew2021
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This title describes how Lisa Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project - on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself had initiated, being the intellectual leader of the group.
Main title:
The amazing story of Lise Meitner / Andrew Norman.
Author:
Norman, Andrew, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2021.
Collation:
1 volume ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399006293 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1963155
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