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:
- 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}
}
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