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Discovery of nuclear fission
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Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Fission is a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay proces
The periodic table c. 1930
The periodic table c. 1930
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner in 1912
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner in 1912
Irène Curie and Frédéric Joliot in their Paris laboratory in 1935
Irène Curie and Frédéric Joliot in their Paris laboratory in 1935
Enrico Fermi and his research group (the Via Panisperna boys), c. 1934. Left to right: Oscar D'Agostino, Emilio Segrè, Edoardo Amaldi, Franco Rasetti
Enrico Fermi and his research group (the Via Panisperna boys), c. 1934. Left to right: Oscar D'Agostino, Emilio Segrè, Edoardo Amaldi, Franco Rasetti and Fermi
Lise Meitner
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Elise "Lise" Meitner was an Austrian and Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.
Discovery of nuclear fission
…Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Fission is a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller…
Meitner, c. 1960
Meitner, c. 1960
Meitner in 1906
Meitner in 1906
Meitner and Hahn in their laboratory, in 1913. When a colleague she did not recognise said that they had met before, Meitner replied: "You probably mi
Meitner and Hahn in their laboratory, in 1913. When a colleague she did not recognise said that they had met before, Meitner replied: "You probably mistake me for Professor Hahn."