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Part 2: Why Did Lise Meitner Never Receive the Nobel Prize for Splitting the Atom?

Lost Women of Science

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The hosts discuss the omission of physicist Lisa Meitner's name in a scene from a movie about Oppenheimer, emphasizing the need to revisit the historical record. They introduce author Marissa Moss, who has extensively researched Meitner's letters, and mention Meitner's relocation from Berlin to Stockholm during World War II.

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