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    753 months 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.

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      353 months ago

      My reaction exactly. I studied there as well. Lise Meitner may be underappreciated but at least someone made sure she’s not forgotten.

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      273 months 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.

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      3 months 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 severals Schools and streets named after her all over the country.

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      83 months ago

      Agree. There’s a street, a monument, a research facility and two schools with her name in a 10km radius of me.