Campbell, Olivia <br/><br/>
Sisters in science :  how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history  
 How four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history 
Olivia Campbell 
 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada  Park Row Books  2024 
 - 384 pages   illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stucklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments. Their harrowing journey out of Germany became a life-and-death situation that required herculean efforts of friends and other prominent scientists. Lise fled to Sweden, where she made a groundbreaking discovery in nuclear physics, and the others fled to the United States, where they brought advanced physics to American universities. No matter their destination, each woman revolutionized the field of physics when all odds were stacked against them, galvanizing young women to do the same"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780778333388 0778333388 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kohn, Hedwig 1887-1964. <br/>Meitner, Lise 1878-1968. <br/>Sponer, Hertha 1895-1968. <br/>Stucklen, Hildegard
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women physicists--Biography.<br/>Women scientists--Biography.<br/>Women in physics.<br/>Women in science.<br/>History--Women<br/>Biography & Autobiography--Historical<br/>Biography & Autobiography--Science & Technology<br/>Biography & Autobiography--Women
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC15  / .C26 2024 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.09252 Cam   11