Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruth Lewin SimeSeries:California Studies in the History of Science #13Publish date:1997-06-27Pages:540
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520208605ISBN-10:520208609UPC:9780520208605Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Historical, WomenSize:9.06 x 6.04 x 1.44 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SC3G7FQDRB
Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics community. Of Jewish origin, Meitner fled Nazi Germany for Stockholm in 1938 and later moved to...
Series: California Studies in the History of Science #13
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520208605ISBN-10:520208609UPC:9780520208605Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Historical, WomenSize:9.06 x 6.04 x 1.44 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SC3G7FQDRB
Ruth Lewin Sime is on the chemistry faculty at Sacramento City College. She co-wrote and narrated a BBC-TV program on Lise Meitner, A Gift From Heaven, which was named one of the best science programs of the year by The Royal Society in 1992.
Publisher: University of California Press
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