Otto Hahn
1879-1968
German Chemist
Often regarded as the leading nuclear and radiochemical experimentalist of the twentieth century, Otto Hahn won the 1944 Nobel Prize for his discovery of nuclear fis...
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The German chemist Otto Hahn (1879-1968) was a joint discoverer of nuclear fission and a Nobel Prize winner for chemistry.Otto Hahn was born in Frankfurt am Main on March 8, 1879. He was the youngest ...
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Otto Hahn is noted for his work on radioactive materials, which in 1938 led to his discovery, with physicist Lise Meitner and chemist Fritz Strassmann, of the process of nuclear fission. In recognitio...
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Otto Hahn is noted for his work on radioactive materials, which in 1938 led to his discovery, with physicist Lise Meitner and chemist Fritz Strassmann, of the process of nuclear fission. In recognitio...
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Hahn was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, on March 8, 1879. He studied chemistry at the universities of Munich and Marburg, earning his Ph.D. from Marlburg in 1901. After graduation, he worked succ...
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