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View article: A renaming proposal: “The Auger–Meitner effect”
A renaming proposal: “The Auger–Meitner effect” Open
We are writing to propose that the Auger effect be renamed the Auger–Meitner effect to recognize Lise Meitner's contribution to it. Meitner is better known for her work on nuclear fission, for which she was nominated for the Nobel Prize mo…
View article: Lise Meitner and the discovery of fission
Lise Meitner and the discovery of fission Open
Michael Pearson, in his article “On the belated discovery of fission” (Physics Today, June 2015, page 40), focuses on physics as being solely responsible for the “belated” discovery of nuclear fission, but that does not tell the whole stor…