Lise Meitner Helped Discover Nuclear Fission—and Was Then Forgotten

Lise Meitner's co-discovery of nuclear fission in the 1940s led to nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. But the scientific establishment ignored her ground-breaking work.

Janice Kaplan

Published Feb. 17 2020 4:51AM EST 

Janice Kaplan

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