6/12/2023 0 Comments Lise Meitner by Ruth Lewin Sime![]() ![]() ![]() There can be no doubt about it, Lise Meitner loved physics! Despite being born into a system where women were routinely denied an education beyond the age of 14, she managed, through periods of self-study and years of "volunteer" laboratory work, to become an acclaimed physicist and co-discoverer of atomic fission. Against All Odds: The Triumphs and Defeats of Lise Meitner Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, by Ruth Lewin Sime, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1996. For example, in a current textbook covering nuclear energy, Meitner receives credit along with her collaborators for the discovery of atomic fission. * The reviewer notes she found no evidence for this. Students at the graduate level and beyond would constitute a prime readership for this biography the politics laid bare might disillusion more introductory students. Hubisz, Department of Physics, Box 8202, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202 zero for discussions of science and society, for it not only provides a classic example of the "glass ceiling" effect, but also exposes how fundamental research driven purely by fascination with science cannot be exempt from moral implications. ![]() Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, by Ruth Lewin Sime Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, by Ruth Lewin SimeĬolumn Editor: John L. ![]()
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