Jocelyn bell bunnell biography books
Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars by Parachini, Jodie Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages....
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell
The radio astronomer Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born ) discovered the first pulsar (stars that release regular bursts of radio waves) in
Susan Jocelyn Bell (Burnell) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on July 15, Her father was the architect for the Armagh Observatory, which was close to their home.
Her early interest in astronomy was encouraged by the observatory staff.
She studied at the Mount School in York, England, from to She earned a B.S. in physics at the University of Glasgow in That same year, she began work on her Ph.D.
at Cambridge University. There, under the supervision of Antony Hewish, she constructed and operated a megaherz radio telescope.
Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars by Jodie Parachini.She studied interplanetary scintillation of compact radio sources.
Bell Burnell detected the first four pulsars. The term "pulsar" is an abbreviation of pulsating radio star or of rapidly pulsating radio sources. Pulsars represent rotating neutron stars that emit brilliant flashes of elec