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**Lise Meitner** __What does she looks like? ​__ ​__When was she born?__ Lise Meitner was born on November 8th, 1878.  __Where was she born?__ Lise Meitner was born in Veinna, Austria.

__​What was her career?__ Lise Meitner's career was at a science instutute where she worked for almmost thirty years before she had to leave Germany at age 59 when Hitler atacked the Jews. She was a physicist there [a phisicist is a scientist who specializes in physics]. She had worked with a partner named Otto Hahn. When she had left Germany she and Hahn were on the verge of dicovering Nuclear Fission. It was hard but she had continued to work through letters to communicate with Hahn. She put helpful notes and ideas on the letters while Hahn did the major experiments. She too carried out experiments with the help of her nephew Otto Frisch, as she could not with Hahn. By the time she and Hahn had discovered Nuclear Fission, it was very dangerous for her to go back to Germany because she was a Jew. Hahn couldn't keep the discovery a secret, so he had to take credit for the discovery of Nuclear Fission. Lise was very angry, but she had to keep low key and not take credit at all for the discovery. The only time she was ever mentioned was in a newspaper and stated as "Hahn's assistant". Only later in 1966 did she and Hahn together get credit for their dicovery on Nuclear Fission.

__What is she known for?__ Lise Meitner is best known for discovering Nuclear Fission, the splitting of the atoms or specks.

__What is her scientific work?__ Before Lise Meitner discovered Nuclear Fission, she discovered Protactinium, a metallic element that is radioactive. Then she discovered Nuclear Fission.

 __What are some interesting facts?__ One interesting fact about Lise Meitner would be that during her time it was very rare for a woman to go to work, even more become a scientist and a successful one at that! Another is that once a Greek professor offered to marry her over a letter, no one knows if Lise ever responded. Some more facts would be that when she came to America she was awarded woman of the year and given a silver bowl by president Truman himself! A very interesting fact would be that when Lise Meitner was in America, Hollywood offered to make a movie about her, but Lise was outraged when she read the script, it was based off of a newspaper from Germany saying that she left Germany with a bomb in her purse. Then they asked her again but offered alot more money, Lise Meitner was insanely angry and threatend to sue them! She never gave anybody permission to write a biography, plays, or movie scripts about her after that incident.

__When did she die?__ In 1967 Lise Meitner fell and broke her hip, then had a couple of small strokes that made it hard for her to speak. 1968 she died peacefully in her sleep in Cambridge at age 90.

__References__ Information Citations: Rachel Stiffler Barron, //Lise Meitner Discovery of Nuclear Fission,// Biography, Greensboro, Morgan Reynolds Incorporation, 2000. Print. Picture Citations: "//Meitner, Lise//." Online Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 22 Sept. 2009 <[]>. "//Vienna//." Online Map/Still. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 22 Sept. 2009 <[]>.

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