• 09/21/2024

Lise Meitner, the ‘Atomic Pioneer’ Who Never Won a Nobel Prize

New York Times

Lise Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission, the process that enabled the atomic bomb. But her identity — Jewish and a woman — barred her from sharing credit for the discovery, newly translated letters show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/lise-meitner-fission-nobel.html