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Lise Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission along with Otto Hahn--however, she was never awarded the Nobel Prize like Hahn was. How much did she contribute towards the discovery and why was she not awarded the prize?

by /u/AnnalsPornographie in /r/AskHistorians

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