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Lise Meitner’s name lives on

International Atomic Energy Agency has created a programme named after her

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Wed Aug 07 2024 - 01:30

Sir, – Lise Meitner, the co-discoverer of nuclear fission, may have been overlooked for a Nobel Prize but her name lives on (“Co-discoverer of nuclear fission Lise Meitner unfairly overlooked”, William Reville, Science, August 1st). The library of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is called the Lise Meitner Library. The Lise Meitner Programme is an IAEA initiative to boost women’s career development and the IAEA is located in Vienna, Meitner’s home town. – Yours, etc,

Dr JOHN DOHERTY,

Medical director, IAEA, 1993-2008,

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