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were her colleagues convinced & this lead to the development of the pulsar model. It is now known PSR B1919+21.
The 1968 paper announcing this discovery in Nature has five authors, lead by Hewish, followed by Bell. In 1974, Hewish won the Nobel Prize for this discovery, along with fellow radioastronomer Martin Ryle). That Jocelyn Bell was not included has been condemned by many leading astronomers.
Not only the discovery, but the presentation of the data (by 🧵3/
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@minouette@spore.social 2026-07-15 11:20
colleague HD Croft Jr) is impressive and elegant. The diagram was included in books on data visualization and was used in the iconic design of Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ album. Jocelyn Bell Burnell has gone on to a very distinguished career in astrophysics. She became the first female president of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Society of Edinburg. She helped set up the UK Athena Swan #womenInSTEM programme. In 2018 she was awarded 🧵4/5