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Who found the missing link? : 'a gift from heaven' /

Tells the story of Lise Meitner and the work that led to the splitting of the atom, along with Max Planck, Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Fritz Strassmann and Otto Hahn, who took credit for Meitner's work. Documents the various experiments and measurements that led to controlled n...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Sime, Ruth Lewin, 1939-, Cooper, Helen, Klatt, Andreas W.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, [2004]
Series:Periodic table and the human element (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:
Meitner, Lise, > 1878-1968.
Women physicists > Austria > Biography.
Nuclear fission.
Uranium.
Radioactivity.
Documentary films.
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Summary:Tells the story of Lise Meitner and the work that led to the splitting of the atom, along with Max Planck, Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Fritz Strassmann and Otto Hahn, who took credit for Meitner's work. Documents the various experiments and measurements that led to controlled nuclear fission.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Music composed by Malcolm Clarke ; photography, David Whitson ; film editor, Janet Spiller, Kicram Smyth.