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Title: A nobel tale of postwar injustice

Abstract

Recently released Swedish documents reveal why Lise Meitner, codiscoverer of nuclear fission, did not receive the 1946 physics prize for her theoretical interpretation of the process. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

Authors:
 [1]
  1. National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute of the History of Science, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France) Lewin Sime, Ruth [Department of Chemistry, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California (United States) Walker, Mark [Department of History, Union College, Schenectady, New York (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
365900
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics Today
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 50; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
66 PHYSICS; FISSION; AWARDS; PHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; URANIUM; NEUTRONS; FISSION PRODUCTS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES

Citation Formats

Crawford, Elisabeth. A nobel tale of postwar injustice. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.1063/1.881933.
Crawford, Elisabeth. A nobel tale of postwar injustice. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881933
Crawford, Elisabeth. 1997. "A nobel tale of postwar injustice". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881933.
@article{osti_365900,
title = {A nobel tale of postwar injustice},
author = {Crawford, Elisabeth},
abstractNote = {Recently released Swedish documents reveal why Lise Meitner, codiscoverer of nuclear fission, did not receive the 1946 physics prize for her theoretical interpretation of the process. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}},
doi = {10.1063/1.881933},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/365900}, journal = {Physics Today},
number = 9,
volume = 50,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
}