The Conference Goes Public! Academia Shaken! The Pangu Plan Activated! The Atomic Bomb Makes Its Debut!

Inside the venue.

Everyone was absorbed in the explosive news Hahn had brought.

"Uranium atomic nuclei have undergone an unbelievable, massive fission!"

"Element 92, uranium, turned into element 56, barium, and element 36, krypton after being bombarded by neutrons."

"This overturns the physics community's current understanding of nuclear fission!"

This news was absolutely enough to shake the physics world.

The venue instantly erupted into heated discussion.

Hahn, Meitner, and Strassmann—this previously unknown trio—immediately became the center of attention.

Their discovery was nothing short of a superstorm in the field of nuclear physics.

Yet Fermi quickly raised a question.

It was also what everyone wanted to ask.

"According to the Liquid Drop Model, how could a neutron possibly smash open a uranium atomic nucleus?"

Hahn smiled faintly, clearly prepared for this.

"I would like to invite Ms. Meitner from our team to answer this question."

"Her unparalleled imagination has provided a solid theoretical foundation for Uranium Nuclear Fission."

Whoosh!

Everyone was startled!

They had not expected Meitner to be so important to the team.

This conference was practically a showcase for women scientists.

First Mayer, then Irène, and finally Meitner.

Women were no less than men!

Under everyone's gaze, Meitner walked onto the stage.

She spoke gracefully:

"According to Professor Bohr's Liquid Drop Model, an atomic nucleus is like a drop of liquid. It can be stretched, and it can also split into two."

"But the latter requires tremendous energy."

"Using quantum mechanics and electromagnetism, we can calculate that the required energy is 200 MeV."

"For a single particle, that is an enormous amount of energy."

"Even the current Cyclotron can only reach roughly half that."

"So relying on the neutron's own energy alone is impossible."

"However, as early as when Cockcroft first achieved Artificial Nuclear Fission, a phenomenon was discovered."