Why the ‘Mother of the Atomic Bomb’ Never Won a Nobel Prize

Lise Meitner, a physicist who worked closely with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann to develop the theory of nuclear fission, was not given due credit for her contributions. Meitner, a contemporary of Nobel laureates like Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, was overlooked when Hahn won the Nobel Prize for nuclear fission. Marissa Moss, the author of a book about Meitner, believes the snub may have been due to her gender and Jewish heritage.