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Scientists honour physicist Lise Meitner on her birthday
Original: Happy birthday to # physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) who explained # nuclear # fission . She worked with chemists Hahn
Tributes are marking the birthday of Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner, born in 1878. Meitner, working with chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in 1930s Berlin, helped explain nuclear fission after experiments bombarding uranium-235 with neutrons. Many posts note she was long overlooked, with Hahn receiving the Nobel Prize while her role was under-recognised.
Why now: It is her birthday anniversary, prompting science communicators to celebrate and highlight her overlooked contributions.
Lise MeitnerOtto HahnFritz StrassmannBerlin
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- Happy birthday to # physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) who explained # nuclear # fission . She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating whether there were any stable elements beyond uranium. They discovered bombarding nucleus of U-235 with neutrons… · minouette@spore.social · 161
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