Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner's Call to Science

Physicist Lise Meitner and her Colleagues and Friends
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Albert Einstein
Lise Meitner met Albert Einstein at the beginning of both of their careers and were friends and colleagues for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
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Dr. Elisabeth Schiemann
Elisabeth Schiemann, acclaimed geneticist and Lise Meitner's dear friend.
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Lise Meitner and Eva von Bahr-Bergius
Lise Meitner and Eva von Bahr-Bergius in the Kaiser Wilhem Institue
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Otto Hahn and Lisa Meitner
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Enrico and Laura Fermi
Enrico Fermi was an Italian physicist working on heavy elements at the same time as Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn. He and his family fled to the U.S, to escape fascism. He headed the effort to create a nuclear reactor. His wife Laura was a writer whose work included history of 20th century science.
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Lise Meitner and science students
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Neils Bohr and Albert Einstein
Neils Bohr and Albert Einstein, physicists and long time friends
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Jeannine Atkins
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James Franck
Dr. James Franck was a physicist and friend. Endangered as a Jew, he and his family left Germany. He got a job at the University of Chicago and worked on developing the atomic bomb.
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Snapdragons
Geneticist Elisabeth Schiemann experimented with snapdragons, seeing how red and white might make pink blossoms.
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Noah's Ark
I first imagined Lise Meitner playing with a toy Noah's ark as a child. The flood and rainbow took on changing symbology as I kept writing.
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Max Planck
Max Planck hired Lise Meitner at the University of Berlin and helped advance her career.
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Elements
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Dr. Hilde Levi, physicist
Hilde Levi, physicist
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Dr.Hedwig Kohn
Dr.Hedwig Kohn, one of the first three women physicists in Germany. Lise Meitner aided her escape from the Nazis to the U.S.