Topics discussed include current research and the role of the Center for History of Physics in providing resources to physics and history communities 17 reviews Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Chemist and historian Ruth Lewin Sime contributes a brief essay about women in science in the 1900s. (MIT Press, 2019) By Erin Blakemore. Ruth Lewin Sime. In October of 1900, a young Serbian woman named Mileva Marić was at her family home in southern Hungary when a letter arrived from her lover—a former classmate at the Zurich Polytechnic named Albert Einstein. Ruth Lewin Sime is on the chemistry faculty at Sacramento City College. [1] She has written several books and articles concerning nuclear physicist Lise Meitner and radiochemist Otto Hahn, who were both involved in the discovery and explanation of nuclear fission. Most notably, Allen Esterson, a retired lecturer at Southwark College in London, extensively debunks many common but unsupported stories about Marić’s mathematical abilities and her role in … Author, A Life in Physics. She has written several books and articles concerning nuclear physicist Lise Meitner and radiochemist Otto Hahn, who were both involved … March 16, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. UTC. [1] “Einstein's Wife” by Allen Esterson and David C. Cassidy, with contribution from Ruth Lewin Sime. She co-wrote and narrated a BBC-TV program on Lise Meitner, A Gift From Heaven, which was named one of the best science programs of the year by The Royal Society in 1992. Lise Meitner A Life in Physics (California Studies in the History of Science) by Ruth Lewin Sime ISBN 13: 9780520208605 ISBN 10: 0520208609 Paperback; Ewing, New Jersey, U.s.a.: University of California Press, June 27, 1997; ISBN-13: 978-0520208605 Dr. Ruth Lewin Sime. Ruth Lewin Sime is an American author, educator and scientific researcher, best known for publishing works on history of science. Ruth Lewin Sime is Professor Emerita in the Department of Chemistry at Sacramento City College. Sacramento City College; Bio. Speakers include David DeVorkin, John Heilbron, Gerald Holton, Daniel Kevles, Naomi Oreskes, John Ridgen, Ruth Lewin Sime, and Spencer Weart. Excerpted from Einstein's Wife: The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Marić by Allen Esterson and David C. Cassidy, with a contribution by Ruth Lewin Sime, The MIT Press, 2019. Ruth Lewin Sime is on the chemistry faculty at Sacramento City College. Ruth Lewin Sime is an American author, educator and scientific researcher, best known for publishing works on history of science. She co-wrote and narrated a BBC-TV program on Lise Meitner, A Gift From Heaven, which was named one of the best science programs of the year by The Royal Society in 1992. Tweet On The Web.