The Dispute over Nuclear Fission.

Sime, Ruth Lewin

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ERIC Number: EJ540250

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Dispute over Nuclear Fission.

Sime, Ruth Lewin

Humanities, v17 n5 p20-24,44-47 Nov-Dec 1996

Reveals the stormy relationship and ongoing controversy surrounding the scientific collaboration of Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner. Discusses the controversial 1944 Nobel Prize award to Hahn (ignoring the equal contribution of Meitner), the reaction of the scientific community, and the post-war years of both Meitner and Hahn. (MJP)

Descriptors: Awards, Females, Nationalism, Nuclear Physics, Professional Recognition, Science and Society, Scientific Research, Scientists, Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, United States History, World War II

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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