The Woman Who Split the Atom : The Life of Lise Meitner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Marissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Physicists.

Women physicists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Women physicists.

Nuclear fission--Juvenile literature.

Nuclear fission.

Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968--Juvenile literature.

Meitner, Lise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2022.

New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., 2022.

Summary:

"As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day made a discovery that rocked the world: the splitting of the atom. While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the achievement, the committee refused to give her any credit. Suddenly, the race to build the atomic bomb was on-although Meitner was horrified to be associated with such a weapon. "A physicist who never lost her humanity," Meitner wanted only to figure out how the world works, and advocated for pacifism while others called for war. The book includes an afterword, author's note, timeline, select terms of physics, glossary of scientists mentioned, endnotes, select bibliography, index, and Marissa Moss' celebrated drawings throughout. The Woman Who Split the Atom is a fascinating look at Meitner's fierce passion, integrity, and her life-long struggle to have her contributions to physics recognized"-- Provided by publisher.

"Bestselling author-illustrator Marissa Moss tells the gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fissionAs a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day made a discovery that rocked the world: the splitting of the atom. While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the achievement, the committee refused to give her any credit. Suddenly, the race to build the atomic bomb was on-although Meitner was horrified to be associated with such a weapon. "A physicist who never lost her humanity," Meitner wanted only to figure out how the world works, and advocated for pacifism while others called for war. The book includes an afterword, author's note, timeline, select terms of physics, glossary of scientists mentioned, endnotes, select bibliography, index, and Marissa Moss's celebrated drawings throughout. The Woman Who Split the Atom is a fascinating look at Meitner's fierce passion, integrity, and her lifelong struggle to have her contributions to physics recognized"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

One: Dreams of the Impossible

Two: Education At Last!

Three: A Professor with No Profession

Four: A Partnership Better than Marriage

Five: The New Science of Radioactivity

Six: Out of the Dark

Seven: War and Science

Eight: Back in the Lab

Nine: After the War

Ten: A Professor at Last

Eleven: "Jewish" Physics vs "Aryan" Physics

Twelve: Hitler Takes Power

Thirteen: Boycott the Jews!

Fourteen: A Talk With Hitler About Science

Fifteen: To Go or To Stay

Sixteen: The Nazification of Science

Seventeen: Can It Get Worse?

Eighteen: The New Radioactive Physics

Nineteen: The Jewess Must Go

Twenty: Passport Problems

Twenty-One: How to Smuggle a Scientist

Twenty-Two: Success or Failure?

Twenty-Three: A Narrow Escape

Twenty-Four: A Brilliant Enough Physicist?

Twenty-Five: An Atomic Mystery

Twenty-Six: The Atom Splits!

Twenty-Seven: The Impossible Is Possible!

Twenty-Eight: The Power of Nuclear Fission

Twenty-Nine: A Letter from Einstein

Thirty: The Race for the Bomb

Thirty-One: A Lab of One's Own

Thirty-Two: Another Physicist Escapes

Thirty-Three: The German Nuclear Program

Thirty-Four: What to do With Nazi Scientists?

Thirty-Five: The Mother of the Bomb

Thirty-Six: The Americans did What?!

Thirty-Seven: Meitner in America

Thirty-Eight: The Nobel Prize for Nuclear Fission Goes To

Thirty-Nine: After The War: Working for Nuclear Peace

Forty: A Prize of her Own

Afterword

Author's Note

Timeline of Meitner's Life and Achievements

Glossary of Select Terms in Physics

Profiles of Scientists Mentioned

Notes

Select Bibliography

Image Credits

Acknowledgments

Index of Searchable Terms.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781683358275

OCLC:

1314624301