Lise Meitner

In this episode of "In Our Time" from BBC Radio 4, Martha Clokie leads a discussion with Jess Wade, Frank Close, and Steven Bramwell about the life and work of Lise Meitner, the Jewish-Austrian physicist who solved the puzzle of nuclear fission. The panel explores Meitner's early life, her struggles as a woman in science, her collaboration with Otto Hahn, and her crucial role in the discovery of nuclear fission. They also address the injustice of her not receiving the Nobel Prize and her ethical stance against the development of the atomic bomb, highlighting her significant contributions to physics and her unwavering commitment to using science for good.