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…