The Tenacious Dreams of Lise Meitner

Note to Teachers...............................................................................iv

Prologue ............................................................................................ v

1: The Big Dreams of Gisela, Gusti, and Lise .................................. 1

2: Overcoming the Obstacles and Achieving the Dream ................. 5

3: Dreams Collide ............................................................................. 9

4: Watching the Dream Disappear ..................................................15

5: The Escape..................................................................................21

6: The Revolutionary Atomic Fission Theory.................................25

7: The Switch: Nuclear Energy Goes to America ........................... 31

8: Remembering the Good Times and the Bad Times .................... 37

The Surrounding Stories ................................................................. 41

Partial List of References................................................................51

Answers........................................................................................... 53

Acknowledgments........................................................................... 73