Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Also known as Jocelyn Bell, Jocelyn Bell Burnel, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Susan Jocelyn Bell, Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Dame Jocelyn Bell
Brits astrofysicus
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a British astrophysicist born in 1943 who made groundbreaking contributions to astronomy. She is best known for her role in discovering pulsars—rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit radio waves—a discovery that fundamentally changed our understanding of stellar objects and the universe.
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- Darkmatter
- Quaker Astronomer Reflects
- What Stars Are Made Of
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- 1943-07-15
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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Belfast, 15 juli 1943) is een Britse astrofysicus die als promovendus de eerste pulsar ontdekte, en daarmee de eerste neutronenster. Haar scriptiebegeleider was Antony Hewish, die voor deze ontdekking samen met Martin Ryle een Nobelprijs kreeg. Burnell was twee jaar president van het Institute of Physics (IoP) te Londen. Als eerste vrouw ooit werd ze in 2014 benoemd tot president van de Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2018 ontving ze voor haar ontdekking uit 1967 de Special Breakthrough Prize met een waarde van drie miljoen Amerikaanse dollar.
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