Lise Meitner: Women Weren’t Allowed to Attend University. She Self-Studied Her Way to a Doctorate.
She was the first woman in Germany to become a full professor and later run a Physics department. Albert Einstein called her “the German Marie Curie” After World World II, the Allies called her “the Mother of the Atomic Bomb.” And yet, when Hahn, her research partner, was awarded the Nobel Peace price in Chemistry … Read more