Bestselling author-illustrator Marissa Moss tells the gripping
story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear
fissionAs a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th
century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and
equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her
own research papers.Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the
study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she
suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening
anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day
made a discovery that rocked the world: the splitting of the atom.
While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the
achievement, the committee refused to give her any credit.Suddenly,
the race to build the atomic bomb was on-although Meitner was
horrified to be associated with such a weapon. "A physicist who
never lost her humanity," Meitner wanted only to figure out how the
world works, and advocated for pacifism while others called for
war.The book includes an afterword, author's note, timeline, select
terms of physics, glossary of scientists mentioned, endnotes,
select bibliography, index, and Marissa Moss' celebrated drawings
throughout. The Woman Who Split the Atom is a fascinating look at
Meitner's fierce passion, integrity, and her life-long struggle to
have her contributions to physics recognized.
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