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Hertha Sponer
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Hertha Dorthea Elisabeth Sponer was a German physicist and chemist who contributed to modern quantum mechanics and molecular physics. She was the first woman on the physics faculty of Duke University
Hertha Sponer in 1913
Hertha Sponer in 1913
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.
Hertha Sponer
…University and was one of only three women to earn both a PhD in Physics and Habilitation in Germany before the start of World War II, the others being Lise Meitner and Hedwig Kohn. Her younger sister was philologist and resistance fighter Margot Sponer. Sponer was born in Neisse (Nysa), Prussian Silesia, in 1895…
Meitner, c. 1960
Meitner, c. 1960
Meitner in 1906
Meitner in 1906
Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn in 1912
Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn in 1912
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."