Which Happened First?

Ida Noddack

Ida Noddack
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Ida Noddack, née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission. With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium. She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Who was born first?

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  1. Dmitry Dmitrievich MaksutovApril 11, 1896 – August 12, 1964
  2. Fritz Julius KuhnMay 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951
  3. Gerty CoriAugust 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957
  4. Ida Noddack (this page)February 25, 1896 – September 24, 1978
  5. Kazimierz KuratowskiFebruary 2, 1896 – June 18, 1980
  6. Robert S. MullikenJune 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986

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