LISE MEITNER DREAMED OF BECOMING A SCIENTIST at a time when girls were not supposed to want careers, much less ones in science. But Lise was smart and determined. She earned a PhD, then became the first woman physics professor at the University of Berlin.

The work was thrilling, but Nazi Germany was a dangerous place for a Jewish woman. Lise escaped to Sweden, where she continued the experiments that she and her laboratory partner had worked on for years. Her efforts led to the discovery of nuclear fission and altered the course of history. Yet only her partner, a man, received the Nobel Prize.

Told in gorgeous verse, this is the story of a woman whose scientific prowess changed the world and whose compassion was just as remarkable.

From the dust jacket