Episode 1: Guilt
Chemist Otto Hahn and Physicist Lise Meitner’s discovery of nuclear fission changed the world forever. But their story is deeply complex, featuring the dangerous politics of Nazi Germany, the awarding of just one Nobel prize, and the most dangerous weapons the human race has ever known. Sources: - Sime, R. L. (1996). Lise Meitner: A life in physics (Vol. 11). Univ of California Press. - Hahn, O. (1946). From the natural transmutations of uranium to its artificial fission. Nobel Lecture, December...
Mar 19, 2018•45 min