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Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe
‘We have peered into a new world, and have seen that it is more mysterious and more complex than we had imagined. Still more mysteries of the universe remain hidden. Their discovery awaits the adventurous scientists of the future. I like it this way.‘― Vera Rubin
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Freedom of speech
‘I do not agree with the extremists of either the left or the right, but I think they should be allowed to speak and to publish, both because they themselves have, and ought to have, rights, and once their rights are gone, the rights of the rest of us are hardly safe.‘― Jane Jacobs
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Victory to stupidity
‘The tension between nature and humans’ interaction with it is an enormous battle between man’s intelligence and his stupidity. And I am not at all sure that stupidity isn’t going to win out in the long run.‘― Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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Girl power
‘If one girl with an education can change the world, just imagine what 130 million can do.‘― Malala Yousafzai
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Good Reading
‘Wherever you go you will have the choice of good or bad reading, and as reading has such a lasting effect on the mind, you should try to read only good things.‘― Juliette Gordon Low
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Lise Meitner. A Life in Physics, Ruth Lewin Sime (ISBN 978-0-520-20860-5, University of California Press)
This is the second biography of Lise Meitner I read. After reading the biography by Patricia Rife I was at first hesitant to also go and read this book by Ruth Lewin Sime. But after finishing the book I have to say it was well worth every minute. Where the biography of Patricia Rife focused more on the general aspects of Lise Meitner’s life and science and the importance of her work leading to the discovery of fission, this one from Ruth Lewin Sime goes a little more into the details of the work she did. For example, in this…
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Understanding Nature’s Secrets: Insights and Reflections
‘There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.‘― Robert Oppenheimer
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Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Patricia Rife (ISBN 978-0817637323, Birkhäuser)
A very nice biography about one of the ‘forgotten’ women of science. I came across a reference to this book somewhere and decided to read it as part of my ‘atomic’ theme. It also fits nicely into a series of books I am reading about women scientists. I had read the excellent ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ of Richard Rhodes before and this also covers the discovery of fission. In that discovery Lise Meitner played an important role. It is surprising that so few people know the name Lise Meitner. I studied physics myself and had not really heard…
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