02192cam a2200397 i 4500 1841457244 TxGeo 20241219120000.0 241210s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780778333388 hbk. 0778333388 hbk. (OCoLC)1477999990 TxGeo rda Campbell, Olivia M., author. Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history / Olivia Campbell. Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, [2024] 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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 Stücklen 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20250103. Kohn, Hedwig. Meitner, Lise 1878-1968. Sponer, Hertha 1895-1968. Stücklen, Hildegard. Women physicists Biography. Women scientists Biography. Women in physics. Women in science. Scientists Biography. Physicists Biography. Biographies. QS5