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Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Genres

Documentary , History

Duration

52 min

Director

Wolf von Truchsess

Rating

9.0

Release Date

February 2, 2013

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Original title: Lise Meitner - Die Mutter der Atombombe

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Synopsis

To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and Otto Hahn. In the 1930s on the verge of World War II, she led a small group of scientists who discovered that splitting the atomic nucleus of uranium releases enormous energy. This extraordinary film tells the story of a woman who was far ahead of her time as a scientist and a pioneer of feminism.