The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2022
Abrams Books for Young Readers (Verlag)
978-1-4197-5853-9 (ISBN)

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Bestselling author-illustrator Marissa Moss tells the gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fissionAs a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers.Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day made a discovery that rocked the world: the splitting of the atom. While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the achievement, the committee refused to give her any credit.Suddenly, the race to build the atomic bomb was on—although Meitner was horrified to be associated with such a weapon. “A physicist who never lost her humanity,” Meitner wanted only to figure out how the world works, and advocated for pacifism while others called for war.The book includes an afterword, author's note, timeline, select terms of physics, glossary of scientists mentioned, endnotes, select bibliography, index, and Marissa Moss’ celebrated drawings throughout. The Woman Who Split the Atom is a fascinating look at Meitner’s fierce passion, integrity, and her life-long struggle to have her contributions to physics recognized.

Marissa Moss has written more than 70 children’s books. She is the bestselling author-illustrator of the Amelia’s Notebook series and illustrator of The Eye That Never Sleeps, America’s Tea Parties, Barbed Wire Baseball, and Nurse, Soldier, Spy. Her awards include two California Book Awards, a Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award Honor, an NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, an ALA Notable, and the Cowan Writer’s Prize. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.03.2022
Illustrationen	Marissa Moss
Zusatzinfo	Black-and-white Illustrations throughout
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik
ISBN-10	1-4197-5853-5 / 1419758535
ISBN-13	978-1-4197-5853-9 / 9781419758539
Zustand	Neuware