Bad Luck Lise
If you had read the introduction page, you might've noticed the statement, "In 1923, Meitner discovered a radiationless transition called the Auger effect, named after Pierre Victor Auger. He was a French scientist who discovered the effect two years later."
Lise had a bad habit of having her discoveries stolen from her. Because men were very prejudice against women scientists at the time, they felt extra threatened when Lise began showing potential. As a result Lise discovered the radiationless transition in 1923, but because she was a woman scientist many people refused to believe her. Then, in 1925, Pierre Auger discovered the same thing and named it after himself (the nerve!) and was given all the credit until sometime later someone put two and two together and gave Meitner the credit.
Then, in 1944 Hahn was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission, which Meitner had originally helped discover. Hahn, despite working with Meitner for so long, didn't try at all to bring her into the spotlight and claimed the discovery for himself. Why? Again, prejudice. Additionally, because Meitner was part of a Jewish family, she had to flee Germany and when she left, Hahn downplayed her role in the discovery because she couldn't do anything about it since she was out of the country.
After that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee didn't want to admit their mistake and didn't make an attempt to acknowledge Meitner at all. Eventually on October 23rd, 1966, she received the Nobel Prize for her "pioneering in nuclear and molecular physics."
Lise had a bad habit of having her discoveries stolen from her. Because men were very prejudice against women scientists at the time, they felt extra threatened when Lise began showing potential. As a result Lise discovered the radiationless transition in 1923, but because she was a woman scientist many people refused to believe her. Then, in 1925, Pierre Auger discovered the same thing and named it after himself (the nerve!) and was given all the credit until sometime later someone put two and two together and gave Meitner the credit.
Then, in 1944 Hahn was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission, which Meitner had originally helped discover. Hahn, despite working with Meitner for so long, didn't try at all to bring her into the spotlight and claimed the discovery for himself. Why? Again, prejudice. Additionally, because Meitner was part of a Jewish family, she had to flee Germany and when she left, Hahn downplayed her role in the discovery because she couldn't do anything about it since she was out of the country.
After that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee didn't want to admit their mistake and didn't make an attempt to acknowledge Meitner at all. Eventually on October 23rd, 1966, she received the Nobel Prize for her "pioneering in nuclear and molecular physics."