Splitting the atom before the atom had been split

TL;DR

This paper explores the historical discovery of nuclear fission and its anticipation in science fiction, highlighting the interplay between scientific development and cultural imagination.

Contribution

It provides a historical analysis of nuclear fission's discovery and its depiction in science fiction before the scientific breakthrough.

Findings

Science fiction anticipated nuclear fission before its discovery

Historical accounts detail the timeline of discovery and cultural perception

The paper links scientific and cultural developments in nuclear history

Abstract

The history of the discovery of nuclear fission and how science fiction had anticipated it.