Ida Noddack

Ida Noddack, German chemist and physicist (died 1978)

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Born: February 25, 1896
Died: September 24, 1978
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1896

About Ida Noddack

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. These achievements led to Ida being awarded the German Chemical Society's prestigious Liebig Medal in 1931.

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The world when Ida Noddack was born

Ida Noddack was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

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Measure	1896	2026
Population	69.0M	341 million

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