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SUMMARY:Careering through Astronomy: A Lecture by Professor Dame Jocelyn B
 ell Burnell - Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
DTSTART:20171130T171500Z
DTEND:20171130T190000Z
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CONTACT:Sarah Greaves
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 50 years since the discovery of pulsars\n\nProfess
 or Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist\, best known for her dis
 covery of pulsars — rotating neutron stars that appear to ‘pulse’ si
 nce the beam of light they emit can only be seen when it faces the Earth. 
 Her observation\, made together with her supervisor\, Antony Hewish\, is c
 onsidered to be one of the greatest astronomical discoveries of the twenti
 eth century.\n\nProfessor Bell Burnell has since become a role model for y
 oung students and female scientists throughout the world. She was appointe
 d to CBE for services to astronomy in 1999\, followed by a DBE in 2007. He
 r story was featured in the BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds\, and BBC Two’s
  Horizon documented her discovery of ‘Little Green Man 1’.\n\nProfesso
 r Bell Burnell is an Honorary Fellow and alumnae of Murray Edwards College
 \, founded as New Hall.\n\nBook at https://bell-burnell.eventbrite.co.uk
LOCATION:Buckingham House Lecture Theatre\, Murray Edwards College
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