Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History
No CoverTrue story of four women physicists who fled Nazi Germany and transformed science against crushing odds.
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True story of four women physicists who fled Nazi Germany and transformed science against crushing odds.
" The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany 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 ou...
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Perilous escapes, Nazi persecution, and deaths of those who did not flee
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Jewish ancestry and identity as context for Nazi persecution
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Nazi fascism, gender bias in academia, and institutional oppression are central
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Nazi persecution, forced exile, systemic discrimination, and survival trauma
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