Which Austrian-born physicist helped to explain nuclear fission in 1938 but did not share the Nobel Prize awarded to Otto Hahn?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Lise Meitner
- Step 1: Fission was explained by Hahn's colleague, who had to leave Germany in 1938. Step 2. Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch gave the first physical explanation. Answer: Lise Meitner. Why not the others: The other women were born in other places and did not explain fission.
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