Lise Meitner (1878-1968) and Otto Hahn (1879-1968), Dahlem, Germany, 1913

Creator: Science Service..Subject: Meitner, Lise 1878-1968. Hahn, Otto 1879-1968..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1913..Topic: Physics. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3209]..Summary: This photograph of physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) and radiochemist Otto Hahn (1879-1968) in their German laboratory was circulated in 1966 as publicity for the U.S. translation of Hahn's autobiography, Otto Hahn: A Scientific Biography. Although her work was ignored by the Nobel Committee when they awarded the prize to Hahn in 1944, Meitner received many recognitions of her importance to twentieth-century physics, including being the first woman to receive the prestigious Enrico Fermi Award..Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives..Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!287597~!0#focus..Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives..View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. ( http://collections.si.edu )