The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Path</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Fission</strong> – <strong>The</strong> S<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lise</strong> <strong>Meitner</strong> <strong>and</strong> Ot<strong>to</strong> Hahn<br />
29. What event triggers the declaration <strong>of</strong> the Second World War? What happens in fission research in<br />
Germany? In Engl<strong>and</strong>? In the USA?<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
30. What is <strong>Meitner</strong>’s response <strong>to</strong> an invitation <strong>to</strong> work on the bomb?<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
31. Briefly describe letters between <strong>Meitner</strong> <strong>and</strong> Hahn when the full extent <strong>of</strong> Nazi atrocities are<br />
revealed at the end <strong>of</strong> the war.<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
32. How did Bohr try <strong>to</strong> set the record straight after Hahn’s Nobel Prize? Who made sure the award<br />
didn’t happen?<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
33. Why was Hahn “their Man”?<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
34. What is <strong>Lise</strong> <strong>Meitner</strong>’s epitaph?<br />
_______________________________________________________________________________<br />
12
Change language