{"podcast":{"title":"Science History Podcast","slug":"science-history-podcast-766905","podcast_index_feed_id":766905,"rss_url":"https://sciencehistory.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://sciencehistory.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/e/e/9/dee9ef7f4ebfa0fc/IconPNG.png","author":"Frank A. von Hippel","episode_count":100,"summary":"Monthly interviews on important moments in the history of science.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T18:18:13.159532+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-history-podcast-766905"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 87. Meitner's Atom: Marissa Moss","slug":"episode-87-meitner-s-atom-marissa-moss","published_at":"2025-02-10T19:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-history-podcast-766905/episode-87-meitner-s-atom-marissa-moss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-history-podcast-766905","url":"https://sciencehistory.libsyn.com/episode-87-meitners-atom-marissa-moss","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencehistory/E_SHP_Episode_87.mp3?dest-id=618721","summary":"Lise Meitner was the most important female physicist of the 20th century. She made fundamental discoveries on the atom, including, most famously, being the first to discover the idea of fission. This she did as she puzzled over experimental results generated by her colleague Otto Hahn. Hahn, but not Meitner, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this monumental discovery. More generally, Meitner overcame profound obstacles facing women in science to become a central figure in physics during its heyday as she worked with the likes of Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein to understand the atom, and hence the universe. With us to discuss the life and legacy of Lise Meitner is Marissa Moss. Marissa is the award-winning author and illustrator of over 70 books for children and young adults, including the book we discuss today, The Woman Who Split the Atom : The Life of Lise Meitner.","meta_description":"Lise Meitner was the most important female physicist of the 20th century. She made fundamental discoveries on the atom, including, most famously, being th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4264,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/science-history-podcast-766905/episodes/episode-87-meitner-s-atom-marissa-moss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-history-podcast-766905/episode-87-meitner-s-atom-marissa-moss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}