These three female scientists were unique in their personalities and bound together in friendship. Did you know that Lise Meitner – who discovered the principle of nuclear fission – was supported by her previous colleague Eva von Bahr to build up a new life in Sweden when she needed to flee Germany in 1938? And that Elisabeth Schiemann was a leading botanist and an active member of the “Confessing Church”, active in the resistance to the Nazi regime?
I explored this and more in my recent article “Three pioneering women in science: a story of science, faith, and the power of friendship” on the website of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
| Written by B M Moritz | Science meets Faith | Read full story at Read More
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