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Meitner Lise Biography and Social/Historical context Alan Li 10/12 Lise Meitner was born in Vienna, Austria in 1868. Her parents placed great value on education, and she was educated privately, by personal tutor. It was during her youth that she discovered her talent and interest in mathematics and physics. She focused on these two subjects, and was able to pass the entrance exams for Vienna University, a prestigious institution attended by such luminaries as Freud. She was the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in science. Lise studied radio activity and had one of the first experiments that showed Alpha rays were slightly deflected when passing through matter. She discovered protactinium in 1917. She worked with Otto Hahn from 1934-1938 and was able to simplify Gamma and Beta rays when she had to leave Nazi Germany.
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