PIRSA:18100095

Jocelyn Bell Burnell: University of Oxford

Bell Burnell, J. (2018). Jocelyn Bell Burnell: University of Oxford. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/18100095

Bell Burnell, Jocelyn. Jocelyn Bell Burnell: University of Oxford. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 25, 2018, https://pirsa.org/18100095 

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            url = {https://pirsa.org/18100095},
            author = {Bell Burnell, Jocelyn},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Jocelyn Bell Burnell: University of Oxford},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2018},
            month = {oct},
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

University of Oxford

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell, winner of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, is an accomplished scientist and champion for women in physics. As a graduate student in 1967, she co-discovered pulsars, a breakthrough widely considered one of the most important scientific advances of the 20th century. When the discovery of pulsars was recognized with the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics, the award went to her graduate advisor. Undaunted, she persevered and became one of the most prominent researchers in her field and an advocate for women and other under-represented groups in physics.

She plans to use the $3 million Breakthrough Prize to fund women and other under-represented groups pursuing physics to bring greater diversity to the field.