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Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb
2013·52m·★ 9.0
German original
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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Best suited to viewers who want to leave a watch with something concrete to think about or learn from.
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Light commitment · 52m
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