Nuclear Fission (history)
Based on "Pulsar - History of 20th-Century Science and Technology," by E. Agapito, V. Armentano, and P. Greco; directed by E. Agapito - 1999. Included in the RAI "Mosaico" educational project and in the Italian Digital Media Library (Medita). With contributions from Enrico Bellone, Professor of History of Science at the University of Padua. Presented by Virginie Vassart.
The first nuclear fission in history, achieved by Enrico Fermi in May 1934; the splitting of the uranium nucleus by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann; the story of Lise Meitner, who provided the first theoretical explanation of fission together with her nephew Otto Frisch.