Chemist no. 36 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry

Lise Meitner

1878-1968Austria/Sweden

Explained nuclear fission

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The discovery, explained

Lise Meitner and the Physics Behind Nuclear Fission

How Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch explained nuclear fission in 1938 using the liquid drop model and E=mc2. Also protactinium. Exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Lise Meitner: The Scientist Who Explained Fission

Complete biography of Lise Meitner, the Austrian-Swedish physicist who explained nuclear fission and co-discovered protactinium. Life, exile and lessons.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers
Franz S. ExnerdoctoralLudwig Boltzmannmentor
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Family
Otto Frischnephew