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introduction
lise meitner was an Austrian physicist who made great contributions to science. -
birth
She was born in Vienna in 1878. -
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meitner's childhood
One of Meitner's first investigations began at the age of eight. From an early age she was interested in mathematics and physics. In 1899, Meitner began to receive private lessons with two other young women, concentrating the eight years of secondary education into just two years. In July 1901, they took the external examination at the "Akademisches Gymnasium". Only four of the fourteen women who took the exam passed,meitner was one of them -
University of Vienna
in 1901 she matriculated at the University of Vienna in mathematics and physics. Since the beginning she was interested in the unknowns of radioactivity. -
Thesis
in 1905 Her thesis entitled Examination of Maxwell's Formula was approved. -
doctoral degree in physics
In 1906 she became the second woman to obtain a doctoral degree in physics at the University of Vienna with a thesis about heat conduction in non-homogeneous bodies. -
Rutherford's nuclear atom.
In 1907 she published an article on alpha particles . She had performed one of the first experiments that would eventually lead to Rutherford's nuclear atom -
Humboldt University
In 1907 she moved to Berlin to continue her studies at the Humboldt University. she did not know that women were denied access to universities in Prussia. fortunately, Max Planck allowed her to attend his classes. -
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Meitner and Hahn
During their first year, Meitner and Hahn published three scientific articles in 1908 and six more in 1909 as co-authors. They also discovered and developed the physical separation method known as radioactive recoil. -
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
In 1912, Meitner and Hahn moved to the newly founded Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. Hahn accepted an offer to become an assistant in charge of its radiochemistry section, the first laboratory of its kind in Germany.Meitner worked as a guest without receiving any salary.Years later, Meitner had to return to Vienna, due to the death of her father.then travelled to kvvi -
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World War I
In 1914, shortly before the beginning of the world war in August, Hahn was conscripted into the army in July 1914. At the same time, Meitner undertook the practice of new x-ray techniques. In 1915 she returned to Vienna, where she joined the Austrian army as an X-ray technician-nurse. in 1916 Meitner returned to the KWI for chemistry, where he continued his research, which was pending due to the war. In 1917, she is promoted to head of her own physics department. -
protactinum discovered
in 1918 together with Otto Hahn she discovered protactinium -
meigner became professor
in 1922 she became Professor of Experimental Nuclear Physics at the University of berlin -
meitner leave Germany
At the end of 1938 Meitner had to leave Germany. -
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nobel prize
In 1939 Hahn published her work omitting Meitner's name on the grounds that the Nazi regime would not allow her to include a Jewish author. Meitner and Frisch explained the phenomenon using the liquid drop model, introducing the term nuclear fission. Despite paving the way for Otto Hahn with her discovery, the fact that she was not listed as a co-author was used by the Nobel Committee to award the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Otto Hahn alone, excluding Meitner. -
meitner retired
in 1960 meitner retired -
meitner died
in 1964 meitner died -
Fermi prize
in 1966, She was awarded the Enrico Fermi Prize in recognition of his contributions to physics. -
conclusion
Lise Meitner was a great Austrian physicist who, despite all the opposition she faced, discovered nuclear fission and was recognised for her contributions to physics even after her death, which is why she has an element in the periodic table, the Meitnerium.