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  1. Hahn, Otto Hahnnoun

    German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)

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  1. otto hahn

    Otto Hahn was a German chemist and researcher, known as "the father of nuclear chemistry". He won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of nuclear fission in 1938, the scientific and technological basis for nuclear energy. His work laid the foundation for the development of atomic power and weapons during the 20th century. He was also a notable opponent of nuclear weapons during the post-war period.

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  1. Otto Hahn

    Otto Hahn, OBE, ForMemRS was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is regarded as "the father of nuclear chemistry". Hahn was an opponent of Jewish persecution by the Nazi Party and after World War II he became a passionate campaigner against the use of nuclear energy as a weapon. He served as the last President of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in 1946 and as the founding President of the Max Planck Society from 1948 to 1960. Considered by many to be a model for scholarly excellence and personal integrity, he became one of the most influential and revered citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Otto Hahn in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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    The numerical value of Otto Hahn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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