First, we learn about the brave physicist after whom meitnerium is named.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women in Chemistry @ Chemical Heritage Foundation] Reference

An element discovered in 1982 has been named meitnerium to honor Lise Meitner (1878-1968), the Austrian-Swedish physicist and mathematician who discovered the element protactinium and made major contributions to the understanding of nuclear fission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements] Reference

In addition to the comprehensive treatment of the chemical properties of each element, ion, and compound from atomic number 89 (actinium) through to 109 (meitnerium), this multi-volume work has specialized and definitive chapters on electronic theory, optical and laser fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, organoactinide chemistry, thermodynamics, magnetic properties, the metals, coordination chemistry, separations, and trace analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference