InhaltsangabeForeword by John Archibald Wheeler.- Introduction by Patricia Rife.- Choosing the Path of Physics: 1878-1906.- Berlin: 1907-1909.- New Explorations at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute: 1909-1914.- World War I and Its Consequences: 1914-1920.- Shadows Lengthen: The Struggle out of the Causal Chain: 1920-1932.- Science in Nazi Germany: 1933-1936.- The Transuranic Maze: 1934-1938.- Escape from Nazi Germany: 1938.- The Discovery and Interpretation of Fission: 1938.- The News of Fission Spreads: 1939.- Chain Reaction and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age: 1939.- Secrecy and Code Names: War Research Surrounding Nuclear Fission: 1939-1942.- The Dark Days of War: 1941-1945.- The Atomic Bomb, a Trip to Washington, and the Nobel Prize Controversy: 1945-1946.- Epilogue: What Scientists Will Make of This Newly Found Knowledge: 1947-1968.- Endnotes.- Chronology.- List of Awards and Honors.- Publications by Lise Meitner.- Bibliography.- Index.