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Hidden Powers : Lise Meitner's Call to Science - Jeannine Atkins

Hidden Powers

Lise Meitner's Call to Science

By: Jeannine Atkins

Hardcover | 18 January 2022

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From the acclaimed author of Finding Wonders and Grasping Mysteries comes a gorgeously written biography in “deliberate, delicate verse” (Kirkus Reviews) about the pioneering Jewish woman physicist whose scientific prowess changed the course of World War II.

At the turn of the 20th century, Lise Meitner dreamed of becoming a scientist. In her time, girls were not supposed to want careers, much less ones in science. But Lise was smart—and determined. She earned a PhD in physics, then became the first woman physics professor at the University of Berlin. The work was thrilling, but Nazi Germany was a dangerous place for a Jewish woman. When the risks grew too great, Lise escaped to Sweden, where she continued the experiments that she and her laboratory partner had worked on for years. Her efforts led to the discovery of nuclear fission and altered the course of history.

Only Lise’s partner, a man, received the Nobel Prize for their findings, but this moving and accessible biography shows how Lise’s legacy endures.
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* "In brief verses that paint vivid pictures, Atkins presents the complicated and often tragic life of Lise Meitner . . . the concluding author’s note, time line, and brief biographies of Lise’s friends and colleagues help ground this compelling story in history. . . a moving, lyrical tale that reveals the struggles of female scientists and of European Jews between the two World Wars." 

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