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Meitner, Lise (1878–1968)


Lise Meitner
Austrian physicist who worked with Otto Hahn to discover protactinium. Following their experiments bombarding uranium with neutrons, Meitner collaborated with her nephew, Otto Robert Frisch (1904–1979), to discover nuclear fission and predict the chain reaction. She also discovered Auger electrons (see Auger effect) independently of Pierre Auger.


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