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Hahn  (hän), Otto 1879-1968.
German chemist. He won a 1944 Nobel Prize for his work on atomic fission.
Hahn (German) [haːn]
n
1. (Biographies / Hahn, Kurt (1886-1974) M, German, EDUCATION: educationalist) Kurt. 1886-1974, German educationalist. During the Nazi era he escaped to Britain, where he founded Gordonstoun School (1935) and helped to establish the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme
2. (Biographies / Hahn, Otto (1879-1968) M, German, SCIENCE: physicist) Otto (ˈɔto). 1879-1968, German physicist: discovered the radioactive element protactinium with Meitner (1917); with Strassmann, demonstrated the nuclear fission of uranium, when it is bombarded with neutrons: Nobel prize for chemistry 1944
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Noun1.Hahn - German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
Otto Hahn
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