Her collaboration with Otto Hahn led to her greatest achievement, the explanation for the fission of uranium-an achievement for which, according to the author Sime, Meitner did not receive due credit. In her life, she met, corresponded, and worked with many other famous scientists: Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Marie Curie, Otto Hahn, and James Chadwick. She studied under Ludwig Boltmann in Vienna, worked under Max Planck in Berlin, and was helped by Niels Bohr to find asylum during the Second World War. Meitner's career spanned the golden age of physics. In Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, Ruth Sime begins following the life of the physicist Lise Meitner from her birth in Vienna in 1878. Ruth Sime's Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics* With your permission, I will continue researching. If you have any suggestions for modifying this topic, please let me know. Finally, because the library system at the University of Wisconsin offers such a wide array of possible sources, including papers in German, and because many of these sources have been written for audiences more technical than my intended audience, I believe that I can create a project that is unique. By focussing on this single discovery, I believe that I can achieve the fourth crierion for a successful topic: the achievement of depth. The fission of a uranium nuclear involves an understanding of both chemistry and physics principles. This topic also meets the third criterion for a successful topic in this course, namely, that it be technical. Attached to this memo is a summary of one such source, Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Sime. A computer search in the library has revealed many sources available on this topic. A second way in which this topic meets the criteria is that it can be quickly researched.
As a woman scientist, I am also deeply interested in the successes and challenges faced by other women scientists.
As a nuclear engineering student, I realize that the discovery of nuclear fission was perhaps the single most important discovery this century in my field. This topic meets the criteria for a successful topic in this course. In my research, I will attempt to discern how credit should have been bestowed. Although Otto Hahn received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery, several people assert that Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman should have also received credit. Request to Research How Credit Was Awarded for the Discovery of Nuclear Fissionįor my EPD 397 project, please grant me permission to study the way in which credit has been awarded for the discovery of nuclear fission.
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