Update from ANS Lise Meitner’s fantastic explanation: nuclear fission

Lise Meitner’s fantastic explanation: nuclear fission By pbowersox on Feb 14, 2012 01:00 am By Paul Bowersox On February 11, 1939, a Letter to the Editor titled “Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction” appeared in the science journal Nature. The letter provided the first theoretical explanation for the splitting of the atom, and … Continue reading → Read in browser »

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