Lise Meitner – Her Life and the Discovery of Fission
Schedule
Tue Nov 12 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Lundbeckfond Auditorium, Copenhagen Biocenter, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N | Copenhagen , SK
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Kvinder i Fysik and Niels Bohr Archive are thrilled to announce a special public talk about the life and research of Lise Meitner!Everyone is invited to attend.
Come learn more about this important scientist who, together with Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann and Otto Frisch, discovered nuclear fission in 1938. Lise Meitner was nominated 30 times for the Nobel Prize in physics and 19 times for the Nobel Prize in chemistry, but did not share the 1944 chemistry prize when it was awarded to Otto Hahn for nuclear fission.
The presentation will be given by Anthea Coster, Assistant Director and Principal Research Scientist at MIT Haystack Observatory.
If you want to hear more about the role of women in the history of the Niels Bohr Institute, consider signing up for the full 2 day conference!
Running from November 12-13 the conference will feature talks on historical women in the earliest days of the Institute as well as research and career talks by physicists currently connected NBI.
But hurry up! The registration deadline is November 1st so follow the link below to secure your spot. 🔗
https://kvinderifysik.dk/2024/06/04/women-of-nbi/
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Where is it happening?
Lundbeckfond Auditorium, Copenhagen Biocenter, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 København N, Danmark,Copenhagen, Copenhagen , DenmarkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
