1. Friedrich Wilhelm Fritz Strassman February 22, 1902 April 22, 1980

2. His Greatest Accomplishment... Was the discovery of Nuclear Fission. ThediscoveryofNuclearfissionbyOttoHanhand FritzStrassmanopenedupanewerainscience history. Prof,Dr.LiseMeitner,Stolkholm,1955 3. Fam[ily] Fritz was born in Boppard, Germany the youngest of nine. His parents were Richard Strassman, a respected german court clerk, and his mother was Julie Bernsman Strassman. Hewasmarried twice.Firstto MariaHeckterin 1937,havingone sonnamedMartin. Then3yearsafter Maria'sdeathin 1956hemarried Irmgard Hartmann. 4. EducationandContributions Fritz studied at the Technical University Hannover and received his Ph.D. In 1929. In 1946 he joined the faculty at the University of Mainz. He then directed the chemistry department at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry from 1945-53. Contributions HelpeddevelopthemethodofRubidiumStrontiumdating. 1934joinedHanhandMeitnerininvestigationonradioactive productswhenUraniumisbobardedbynuerons. 1938Nuclearfissionisdiscovered. EstablishedtheInstituteofInorganicChemistryattheUniveristyofMainz. 5. Awards In1966inRecognition oftheirworkon NuclearFission Strassman,Hanh,and Meitnersharethe EnricoFermiAward. International Astronomical Union named an Astroid after Fritz: 19136 Strassman. 6. Strassman's Work 7. Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FritzStrassmanz http://www.bookrags.com/biography/fritz-strassman-woc/ http://www.iscanmyfood.com/hd/index.php?+=Fritz+Strassman http://www.quotesstar.com/quotes/t/the-discovery-of-nuclear-fision-182074.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnetco.uk/zwwwstrassman.html 8. 94188739