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Summary: Well written, vivid and accurate account of a great scientis
Review: I found this a very readable and important summary of Meitner's career.It is a very human story and helps explain the great injustices which deprived her of a well deserved Nobel Prize. It's manages full scientific details without becoming obscure.
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Summary: dispelled myths recycled
Review: This sounds like a very interesting book and I hope to find time to read it. i read a thoughtful review in German today (from the FAZ, 10 Oct 2001, page N3, by retired Physics Professor Martin Trömel) which I mention here because it is not likely to be read much in the USA. The title is roughly "friends to the death: Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner; there was no lack of respect for the Jewish researcher; answer to a controversial theory."Trömel finds it unfortunate that long-dispelled myths about Hahn and Meitner are repeated in this book and that selected quotes from German correspondence are used as evidence (and contradictory quotes from the same letters are omitted). Yes, there were misunderstandings, but these were often the result of distortions in the press and evidently Meitner and Hahn overcame them and remained friends to the end of their days.
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Summary: dispelled myths recycled
Review: This sounds like a very interesting book and I hope to find time to read it. i read a thoughtful review in German today (from the FAZ, 10 Oct 2001, page N3, by retired Physics Professor Martin Trömel) which I mention here because it is not likely to be read much in the USA. The title is roughly "friends to the death: Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner; there was no lack of respect for the Jewish researcher; answer to a controversial theory." Trömel finds it unfortunate that long-dispelled myths about Hahn and Meitner are repeated in this book and that selected quotes from German correspondence are used as evidence (and contradictory quotes from the same letters are omitted). Yes, there were misunderstandings, but these were often the result of distortions in the press and evidently Meitner and Hahn overcame them and remained friends to the end of their days.
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Summary: Good History of Science
Review: This was a highly readable and very accurate account of Meitner's life and work. It tells the story of the discovery of nuclear fission so that it is understandable to the layman. It also sets the record straight with regard to Meitner's very important contribution to the understand of the nucleus. Also of interest was the account of the interaction of Meitner, who was Jewish, with her German colleagues before, during and after the second world war.
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Summary: Good History of Science
Review: This was a highly readable and very accurate account of Meitner's life and work. It tells the story of the discovery of nuclear fission so that it is understandable to the layman. It also sets the record straight with regard to Meitner's very important contribution to the understand of the nucleus. Also of interest was the account of the interaction of Meitner, who was Jewish, with her German colleagues before, during and after the second world war.
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