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What specific event prompted Lise Meitner's 1938 relocation to Sweden?
What specific event prompted Lise Meitner's 1938 relocation to Sweden?
- Her Austrian citizenship offering refuge from escalating Nazi persecution in Germany. (correct)
- A proactive decision to collaborate with Swedish physicists on nuclear fission.
- Her dismissal from the University of Berlin due to discriminatory policies.
- The annexation of Austria by Germany.
What specific barrier did Meitner face in her education owing to societal norms of the time?
What specific barrier did Meitner face in her education owing to societal norms of the time?
- Limited opportunities for Jewish women in scientific fields of study.
- Lack of family support for pursuing advanced academic degrees.
- Gender-based restrictions in Austrian state schooling systems. (correct)
- Financial constraints limited access to higher educational institutions.
What was the primary focus of Meitner's early research before her work on nuclear fission?
What was the primary focus of Meitner's early research before her work on nuclear fission?
- Electromagnetism and the properties of light in different media.
- Quantum mechanics and the behavior of subatomic particles.
- Thermodynamics and heat transfer in materials with non-uniform particle distribution. (correct)
- Astrophysics and the study of celestial bodies and their composition.
Which prominent physicist significantly influenced Lise Meitner’s academic development during her time at the University of Vienna?
Which prominent physicist significantly influenced Lise Meitner’s academic development during her time at the University of Vienna?
What was the specific scientific term that Lise Meitner introduced to the field of nuclear physics?
What was the specific scientific term that Lise Meitner introduced to the field of nuclear physics?
Who collaborated with Lise Meitner on refining and publishing the explanation of nuclear fission?
Who collaborated with Lise Meitner on refining and publishing the explanation of nuclear fission?
Which prestigious award did Lise Meitner receive in recognition of her contributions to nuclear physics?
Which prestigious award did Lise Meitner receive in recognition of her contributions to nuclear physics?
In what year did Lise Meitner successfully complete her doctoral studies in physics?
In what year did Lise Meitner successfully complete her doctoral studies in physics?
Where did Lise Meitner initially conduct her professional research after completing her doctorate?
Where did Lise Meitner initially conduct her professional research after completing her doctorate?
What was Lise Meitner's birth order among her siblings?
What was Lise Meitner's birth order among her siblings?
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Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner
An Austrian physicist who coined the term 'nuclear fission'.
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fission
The splitting of an atomic nucleus into smaller parts, releasing energy.
University of Vienna
University of Vienna
Where Lise Meitner studied and earned her physics doctorate in 1906.
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann
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Leibniz Medal
Leibniz Medal
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
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Otto Frisch
Otto Frisch
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1938
1938
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Enrico Fermi Award
Enrico Fermi Award
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Heat Conduction Theory
Heat Conduction Theory
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Study Notes
Lise Meitner: Nuclear Physicist
- Lise Meitner, an Austrian theoretical physicist, coined the term "nuclear fission"
- She developed the theory explaining nuclear fission in uranium atoms
- Meitner came from a Jewish family in Vienna, with eight children
- Her father, Philipp Meitner, was a lawyer who fostered an intellectually stimulating environment
- She was tutored privately after the age of 14
- Meitner was one of the first women to attend the University of Vienna, aged 23
- She became one of the first women to receive a physics doctorate in 1906 from the University of Vienna
- Meitner's thesis was on how heat travels through inhomogeneous solids
- She worked as a physics assistant at Max Planck's institute in Berlin (1907)
- Meitner was the head of the physics department at the University of Berlin in 1917
- Her work with Otto Frisch resulted in the theory and paper of nuclear fission published in Nature in 1939
- She escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, and settled in Sweden
- The results of her nuclear fission experiment were sent by letter after she fled to Sweden
- Meitner was given the 1966 Enrico Fermi Award by the US Atomic Energy Commission in 1966
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