Not to mention she’s been immortalized as Meitnerium
Comment on Women in STEM
Asetru@feddit.org 2 days ago
Lise Meitner went on to be forgotten? In my city, a big street bears her name, including the tram station there. Fittingly, it’s the tram to the University that stops there. Essentially, her name is hammered into all students’ heads here.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 days ago
macros@feddit.org 2 days ago
Also she herself said that Otto Hahn deserved the Nobel prize. She and Otto Frisch (far kess known than she is!) did the theoretical work regarding the physics behind it.
But Pauli got the physics prize that year, and he sure deserves it. Maybe one of the later prices could have been awarded to her.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Otto Frisch is better known these days because he went on to work on the Manhatten Project. He appeared as a character in Oppenheimer.
Metz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Right? In germany there is a lot named after her. e.g. The Institute for Nuclear Research in Berlin is the “Hahn-Meitner-Institut” (after her and Otto Hahn). There are countless Schools and streets named after her all over the country.
Tja@programming.dev 2 days ago
Agree. There’s a street, a monument, a research facility and two schools with her name in a 10km radius of me.
dragynbob@beehaw.org 2 days ago
She also has an element named after her
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My reaction exactly. I studied there as well. Lise Meitner may be underappreciated but at least someone made sure she’s not forgotten.