Multiple choice

Otto Hahn famous for which invention?

  1. Atom bomb

  2. Television

  3. X - rays

  4. Miners safety lamp
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Explanation

Otto Hahn (1879-1968) was a German chemist who discovered nuclear fission in 1938 with Fritz Strassmann. This discovery - splitting uranium atoms by bombarding them with neutrons - made atomic bombs possible. He won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. While Hahn didn't build the bomb himself, his discovery enabled it.

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