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• catalog abstract ""Lise Meitner was the first woman to earn a Ph. D. in physics at the University of Vienna, a pioneer in the research of radioactive processes and, together with her nephew Otto Robert Frisch, an interpreter of the process of nuclear fission in 1938. She was a colleague and friend of many of the giants of 20th century physics: Max Planck, her Berlin mentor; Albert Einstein; Max von Laue; and Niels Bohr, to mention only a few. Yet at the end of World War II, her colleague of thirty years, radiochemist Otto Hahn alone was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the "discovery" of nuclear fission - a discovery based on years of research in which Meitner was directly involved before her secret escape from Nazi Germany." "In this biography, Patricia Rife interprets both the life and times of Lise Meitner (1878-1968), providing a rich background of the scientific discoveries and social milieu that affected the research, events, personalities, and politics of 20th century quantum physics. Rife asks the central question of why, given the historical evidence of Meitner's role in the interpretation of nuclear fission, was she too not awarded the Nobel Prize?"--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11021560.
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""Lise Meitner was the first woman to earn a Ph. D. in physics at the University of Vienna, a pioneer in the research of radioactive processes and, together with her nephew Otto Robert Frisch, an interpreter of the process of nuclear fission in 1938. She was a colleague and friend of many of the giants of 20th century physics: Max Planck, her Berlin mentor; Albert Einstein; Max von Laue; and Niels Bohr, to mention only a few. Yet at the end of World War II, her colleague of thirty years, radiochemist Otto Hahn alone was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the "discovery" of nuclear fission - a discovery based on years of research in which Meitner was directly involved before her secret escape from Nazi Germany." "In this biography, Patricia Rife interprets both the life and times of Lise Meitner (1878-1968), providing a rich background of the scientific discoveries and social milieu that affected the research, events, personalities, and politics of 20th century quantum physics. Rife asks the central question of why, given the historical evidence of Meitner's role in the interpretation of nuclear fission, was she too not awarded the Nobel Prize?"--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Foreword / John Archibald Wheeler -- I. Choosing the Path of Physics: 1878-1906 -- II. Berlin: 1907-1909 -- III. New Explorations at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute: 1909-1914 -- IV. World War I and Its Consequences: 1914-1920 -- V. Shadows Lengthen: The Struggle Out of the Causal Chain, 1920-1932 -- VI. Science in Nazi Germany: 1933-1936 -- VII. The Transuranic Maze: 1934-1938 -- VIII. Escape from Nazi Germany: 1938 -- IX. The Discovery and Interpretation of Fission: 1938 -- X. The News of Fission Spreads: 1939 -- XI. Chain Reaction and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age: 1939 -- XII. Secrecy and Code Names: War Research Surrounding Nuclear Fission, 1939-1942 -- XIII. The Dark Days of War: 1941-1945 -- XIV. The Atomic Bomb, a Trip to Washington, and the Nobel Prize Controversy: 1945-1946 -- Epilogue. What Scientists Will Make of This Newly Found Knowledge: 1947-1968.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-416) and index.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 432 p. :".
• catalog identifier "081763732X (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "376433732X (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Boston : Birkhäuser,".
• catalog spatial "Austria".
• catalog subject "530/.092 B 21".
• catalog subject "Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.".
• catalog subject "Nuclear physicists Austria Biography.".
• catalog subject "Nuclear physics History.".
• catalog subject "Physics History.".
• catalog subject "QC774.M4 R54 1999".
• catalog subject "Women physicists Austria Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / John Archibald Wheeler -- I. Choosing the Path of Physics: 1878-1906 -- II. Berlin: 1907-1909 -- III. New Explorations at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute: 1909-1914 -- IV. World War I and Its Consequences: 1914-1920 -- V. Shadows Lengthen: The Struggle Out of the Causal Chain, 1920-1932 -- VI. Science in Nazi Germany: 1933-1936 -- VII. The Transuranic Maze: 1934-1938 -- VIII. Escape from Nazi Germany: 1938 -- IX. The Discovery and Interpretation of Fission: 1938 -- X. The News of Fission Spreads: 1939 -- XI. Chain Reaction and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age: 1939 -- XII. Secrecy and Code Names: War Research Surrounding Nuclear Fission, 1939-1942 -- XIII. The Dark Days of War: 1941-1945 -- XIV. The Atomic Bomb, a Trip to Washington, and the Nobel Prize Controversy: 1945-1946 -- Epilogue. What Scientists Will Make of This Newly Found Knowledge: 1947-1968.".
• catalog title "Lise Meitner and the dawn of the nuclear age / Patricia Rife ; foreword by John Archibald Wheeler.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".