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Lise Meitner: a 20th century life in physics

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0160-9327(00)01397-1

1873-1929

Ruth Lewin Sime,

Philosophy and History of Science

Lise Meitner was among the great physicists whose work spanned the development of atomic and nuclear physics in the 20th century. She identified herself as a physicist above all else, but she was also a ‘non-Aryan’ who lost nearly everything when forced out of Germany, and a woman whose success did not transfer into exile. When nuclear fission was discovered in 1938, all came together: unjust exclusion, a broken friendship, lasting damage to her scientific reputation. For Lise Meitner, the history of her scientific work is inseparable from the turbulent history of her time.