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# Otto Robert Frisch

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Otto Robert Frisch was an Austrian physicist who worked on nuclear physics. With Otto Stern and Immanuel Estermann, he first measured the magnetic moment of the proton. With his aunt, Lise Meitner, he advanced the first theoretical explanation of nuclear fission and first experimentally detected the

##  Quotes by Otto Robert Frisch

> [“We walked up and down in the snow, I on skis and she on foot ( she said and proved that she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-robert-frisch/we-walked-up-and-down-in-the-snow-i-on-skis-and-she-on-foot-she-said/)

[Otto Robert Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-robert-frisch/)

[Atomic-physics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atomic-physics-12143/)

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> [ We \[Frisch and Lise Meitner\] walked up and down in the snow, I on skis and she on foot (she said and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-robert-frisch/we-frisch-and-lise-meitner-walked-up-and-down-in-the-snow-i-on-skis/)

[Otto Robert Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-robert-frisch/)

[Divides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divides/)

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> [Today we no longer ask what really goes on in an atom; we ask what is likely to be observed-and with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-robert-frisch/today-we-no-longer-ask-what-really-goes-on-in-an-atom-we-ask-what-is/)

[Otto Robert Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-robert-frisch/)

[Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/)

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> [Scientists have one thing in common with children: curiosity. To be a good scientist you must have kept this trait of childhood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-robert-frisch/scientists-have-one-thing-in-common-with-children-curiosity-to-be-a/)

[Otto Robert Frisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-robert-frisch/)

[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/otto-robert-frisch-74162_childhood_scientists-have-one-thing-in-common-with_1846730.png)

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