7/15/1943 — #wmnhist #STEMfem Susan (Jocelyn Bell Burnell), - TopicsExpress



          

7/15/1943 — #wmnhist #STEMfem Susan (Jocelyn Bell Burnell), astrophysicist, radio astronomer, professor, b. Belfast, Ireland. Discovered the first evidence for the existence of rapidly spinning neutron stars, also known as radio pulsars. Professor at Open University, dean of science at the University of Bath, and vice president of the Royal Astronomical Society. Honored with the Herschel Medal (1989), as a fellow of the Royal Society (2003), and as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2007).
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:12:32 +0000

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