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.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada