Sisters in Science

De: Olivia Campbell

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell

The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany

In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer and Hildegard Stücklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments.

Their harrowing journey out of Germany became a life-and-death situation that required Herculean efforts of friends and other prominent scientists. Lise fled to Sweden, where she made a groundbreaking discovery in nuclear physics, and the others fled to the United States, where they brought advanced physics to American universities. No matter their destination, each woman revolutionized the field of physics when all odds were stacked against them, galvanizing young women to do the same.

Well researched and written with cinematic prose, Sisters in Science brings these trailblazing women to life and shows us how sisterhood and scientific curiosity can transcend borders and persist—flourish, even—in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

©2024 Olivia Campbell (P)2024 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

This was History

The book was excellently researched. It felt as accurate as the scientific studies her subjects were conducting. The history of the time of WWII was just as well researched as the lives of the 4 women she was writing about. I learned much from this book. I believe it was so accurate any researcher of science, WWII or women’s equality and the plight of refugees, could benefit from using it as a resource, for their paper or a speech.
The difference in distance and time it took to communicate was stark against out immediate flash of the computer age. The stubbornness of belief or unbelief in an unbearable situation has remained.