301 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars
Podcast |
Ask Science
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Astronomy
Education
Science
Publication Date |
Sep 10, 2018
Episode Duration |
00:10:54

After Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the dead corpse stars known as pulsars in the '60s, her advisor was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery. Now 50 years later, she has earned the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her work which revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and she plans to donate all of it. Read the transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/science/jocelyn-bell-burnell-and-the-discovery-of-pulsars Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW EVERYDAY EINSTEIN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qdteinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/qdteinstein

How one woman revolutionized astronomy through her discovery of pulsars.

After Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the dead corpse stars known as pulsars in the '60s, her advisor was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery. Now 50 years later, she has earned the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her work which revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and she plans to donate all of it. Read the transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/science/jocelyn-bell-burnell-and-the-discovery-of-pulsars Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW EVERYDAY EINSTEIN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qdteinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/qdteinstein

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