Jocelyn Bell Burnell

By: Mike Munden&

Vivian Luna

BORN IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND ON JULY 15,1943

HER FATHER WAS AN ARCHITECT AND AN PASSIOINATE READER. THROUGH HIS BOOKS, JOCELYN WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF ASTRONOMY.

HER FAMILY AND STAFF AT THE ARMAGH OBSERVATORY ENCOURAGED HER INTREST IN ASTRONOMY

THE EARLY YEARS

Armagh observatory was established in 1789

IN 1965, BELL EARNED A DEGREE IN PHYSICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

THAT SAME YEAR SHE BEGAN TO WORK ON HER PH.D AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

STUDIED ALMOST EVERY WAVE SPECTRUM IN ASTRONOMY

RECEIVED HER PH.D IN RADIO ASTRONOMY FROM CAMBRIDGE IN 1968

HER STUDIES

DISCOVERIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANTHONY HEWISH AT CAMBRIDGE JOCELYN BELL DISCOVERED PULSARS

BELLS FIRST TWO YEARS IN CAMBRIDGE WERE SPENT ASSISTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 81.5 MEGAHERTZ RADIO TELESCOPE

SHE WAS ALSO ELECTED AS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTONOMICAL SOCIETY IN 1969

PULSARS

Pulsars are stars that release regular bursts of radio waves and the discovery ranks as an important milestone in the history of astrophysics.

THE TELESCOPE THAT BELL USED TO DISCOVER THE FIRST PULSAR GENRATED 121.8 METERS OF DATA EVERY 4 DAYS

TODAY BELL IS MARRIED SINCE LEAVING CAMBRIDGE BELL-BURNELL

HAS SYUDIED THE SKY IN ALMOST EVERY REGION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

TODAY JOCELYN CONCERNS AND EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SHE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE TEACHING AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell was made a Dame in 2008 and a year later became the first ever female President of the Institute of Physics.

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