http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-146035 Casey Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:37:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-146035 Judith, thank you for your comment. This article was inspired by a paper I wrote on Lise Meitner. I am aware she was never promoted or official leadership for the chemistry department and that she worked in a basement; however she did direct the activity of the department at that time, hence why she was the "acting" director and not the Director. I apologize if the wording was misleading. Judith, thank you for your comment. This article was inspired by a paper I wrote on Lise Meitner. I am aware she was never promoted or official leadership for the chemistry department and that she worked in a basement; however she did direct the activity of the department at that time, hence why she was the “acting” director and not the Director. I apologize if the wording was misleading.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-145705 Judith Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:55:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-145705 Oh Boy - I don't mean to be a snarky brat, but my co-worker told me I should add this comment since some of you might like to know. Lise Meitner was never allowed to be acting Director of anything in Berlin (they kept her in a basement - she was a woman and a Jew and had to be snuck out of Germany to Sweden during WWII) and in fact one of the biggest tragedies ever was that Otto Hahn accepted a Nobel Prize and never recommended her for one or acknowledged just how much she contributed to his Nobel Prize. It wasn't until he was shamed publicly over and over again that he acknowledged her contribution - sorry, wrote a paper on this, don't mean to launch a tirade. Also - I don't mean to diminish her contribution as a woman who DEFINITLEY Rocked physics - I am a big fan, without her Otto Hahn might not have done so well. Oh Boy – I don’t mean to be a snarky brat, but my co-worker told me I should add this comment since some of you might like to know. Lise Meitner was never allowed to be acting Director of anything in Berlin (they kept her in a basement – she was a woman and a Jew and had to be snuck out of Germany to Sweden during WWII) and in fact one of the biggest tragedies ever was that Otto Hahn accepted a Nobel Prize and never recommended her for one or acknowledged just how much she contributed to his Nobel Prize. It wasn’t until he was shamed publicly over and over again that he acknowledged her contribution – sorry, wrote a paper on this, don’t mean to launch a tirade. Also – I don’t mean to diminish her contribution as a woman who DEFINITLEY Rocked physics – I am a big fan, without her Otto Hahn might not have done so well.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-145138 Melissa Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-145138 Although not *that* related, my favorite Marie Curie vision is of Bart's from the Simpsons when he learns that she died of radiation poisoning -- when he flashes to her as a 50 foot monster shooting rays out of her eyes and destroying a city. Glorious. Although not *that* related, my favorite Marie Curie vision is of Bart’s from the Simpsons when he learns that she died of radiation poisoning — when he flashes to her as a 50 foot monster shooting rays out of her eyes and destroying a city. Glorious.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-145135 Janet Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-145135 Great post! Émilie du Châtelet would have been a great inclusion though. Great post!
Émilie du Châtelet would have been a great inclusion though.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-145133 Beau Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-145133 Émilie du Châtelet and Lise Meitner are the two that always come to my mind (besides the ever-obvious Marie Curie). Émilie du Châtelet and Lise Meitner are the two that always come to my mind (besides the ever-obvious Marie Curie).

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212/comment-page-1#comment-145128 David K. Israel Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26212#comment-145128 Great first post! LOVE IT! Welcome aboard. Great first post! LOVE IT! Welcome aboard.

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