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Lise Meitner


The (

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)   [di...] (discover) in 1938 that a neutron could split an atom's core came as a complete surprise.

There was no (

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)   [th...] (theory) basis on which nuclear fission could be predicted and none of its (

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)   [di...] (discover) had the slightest
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)   [kn...] (know) of its eventual use in atomic bombs and power plants.

That much is (

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)   [in...] (dispute).

The question of who deserves (

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)   [re...] (recognize) for the discovery is, however, a bone of contention.

Of the 3 (

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)   [sc...] (science) involved, one of them, Lise Meitner, was a woman.

The standard (

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)   [ex...] (explain) which has been (

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)   [un...] (critic) accepted, is that she was a physicist and the discovery depended on chemical experiments.

But is this the whole (

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)   [t...] (true)?

In all (

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)   [li...] (likely), the reason has more to do with the fact that she was a woman and that she had to flee persecution. Her exile led to the Nobel committee's (

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)   [f...] (fail) to recognize her contribution in the discovery of nuclear fission.