He got the Nobel. She got nothing. Now she's won a huge prize and she's giving it all away
"She" being Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the Irish then-student at Cambridge who during her post-grad work was the first to discover a pulsar.
I recommend listening to the audio; the webpage only prints part of the interview.
"She" being Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the Irish then-student at Cambridge who during her post-grad work was the first to discover a pulsar.
Quote:I'm going to donate it — bar any tax I have to pay — to the Institute of Physics, the professional body for physicists in the U.K. and Ireland, for them to establish research studentships for minority people in physics.
And — physics being physics — minority people includes women.
I recommend listening to the audio; the webpage only prints part of the interview.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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