A well deserved correction in science history.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell is about to get some much-deserved recognition, and a pretty big chunk of change to boot.
The British astrophysicist will receive a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Breakthrough Prize representatives announced today (Sept. 6). The $3 million award recognizes not only Bell Burnell's 1967 discovery of the weird, fast-spinning stellar corpses known as pulsars but also her scientific leadership in the 50 years since then.
"Professor Bell Burnell thoroughly deserves this recognition," Breakthrough Prize co-founder Yuri Milner said in a statement today. "Her curiosity, diligent observations and rigorous analysis revealed some of the most interesting and mysterious objects in the universe."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Her research was very linked to mine since we both studied the results of high density nuclear matter. I never understood why she didn't get a physics Nobel. They gave Rubia a Nobel for overseeing the build of CERN... I met him and thought he was a jerk.
JohnBeret
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Sep 6, 2018
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That's great. There are many women in science that deserve recognition for what they have done.
Captain747ex
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Sep 6, 2018
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Since no Nobel Prize in Astronomy, I guess this is as good as it gets. Finally some recognition.
vcg1234
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About time. She has been a stalwart of astronomy research for many years. Congrats to her.
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