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    How much do you know about Illustrious Women of Science?

    Which Austrian physicist and chemist was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission, but was not recognized with the Nobel Prize despite her crucial theoretical explanation?

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    Lise MeitnerCorrect
    Ida Noddack
    Irène Joliot-Curie
    Chien-Shiung Wu

    Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a crucial figure in the discovery of nuclear fission, collaborating with Otto Hahn.

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