Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

Name: Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
Uploaded: 2013-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 52 min
Description: 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.

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January 2013
52 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
DE
Genres:
Documentary, History
Release:
February 2013
Production:
Westend Film & TV, ZDF, ARTE
Cast:
Katherina Lange, Estella Hebert, Malte Tönissen, Marek Gierszał, Volker Kühn, Dietrich Hahn, Lore Sexl, Ruth Sime, Charlotte Kerner, Anne Hardy, Martin Trömel, Harald Lesch, Herwig Schopper, Oliver Bange, Michiko Kodama, Terumi Tanaka, Aimee von Truchsess, Bernhard Mühlig, Johannes Ernst, Thilo Jeckel, Andrè Elpel, Stefan Knüppel, Hedwig Mühlig, Iain Johnson, Jose Bäbler, Philipp Horn, Jarno Garbe, Gabriel Jeckel, Johanna Wildenauer, Leopold Wildenauer, Karola Goetz, Brigitte Schumacher, Kerstin Hehenkamp, Merete de Kruys, Peter Seaton-Clark, Nicola Seaton-Clark, Tom Bailey, Julia Streich
Tags:
nazi, atomic bomb, world war ii, nobel prize, jewish woman, 1930s, woman scientist

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

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