Published September 1997 | Version v1
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A nobel tale of postwar injustice

Creators

  • 1. National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute of the History of Science, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France)
  • 2. Department of Chemistry, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California (United States)
  • 3. Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, New York (United States)

Description

Recently released Swedish documents reveal why Lise Meitner, co-discoverer of nuclear fission, did not receive the 1946 physics prize for her theoretical interpretation of the process. copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Today
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 26-32
ISSN
0031-9228
CODEN
PHTOAD

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30051746
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AWARDS; CHEMISTRY; FISSION; FISSION PRODUCTS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; NEUTRONS; PHYSICS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS