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Frisch

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1. Frisch - Noun

2. Frisch - Proper noun

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Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)

Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)

British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)

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According to Frisch: Was it a mistake? Source: Internet

An edition in eight volumes, Kepleri Opera omnia, was prepared by Christian Frisch (1807–1881), during 1858 to 1871, on the occasion of Kepler's 300th birthday. Source: Internet

Date unknown * David H. Frisch and J.H. Smith prove that the radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion (see Einstein 's special relativity and general relativity ). Source: Internet

But I believe that Otto Robert Frisch and I contributed something not insignificant to the clarification of the process of uranium fission – how it originates and that it produces so much energy, and that was something very remote from Hahn." Source: Internet

Doubtless Meitner and Frisch, but not Hahn's lady colleague alone, had merit in the interpretation of the results obtained by Hahn and Strassmann with regard to the physical character of the nuclear fission. Source: Internet

But Meitner and Frisch later confirmed that chemistry had been solely responsible for the discovery, although Hahn, as a chemist, was reluctant to explain the fission process in correct physical terms. Source: Internet

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