Lise Meitner was heralded by Einstein as the Marie Curie of the German-speaking world. She was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission but was excluded from the Nobel Prize for the discovery! NB: this ep was recorded during lockdown so please forgive the sound!

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner

https://theconversation.com/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize-106220

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/10/27/lise-meitner/

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