Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Astrophysicist
Stephen Sackur speaks to a scientist of rare distinction - Jocelyn Bell Burnell. She became one of the world鈥檚 most renowned astrophysicists and one of the few prominent women in her discipline.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a scientist of rare distinction. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a key member of the team which discovered pulsars and neutron stars in the late 1960s.
She became one of the world鈥檚 most renowned astrophysicists - remarkable for the originality of her research, but also for being one of the few prominent women in her discipline.
Throughout her career she's blazed a trail for women in a predominantly male world. Why are there so few women at science's top table?
Image: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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- Mon 16 Jul 2012 12:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Mon 16 Jul 2012 19:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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