Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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The paper discusses Jocelyn Bell Burnell's significant discovery of pulsars and neuron stars and contends that women in all fields of science owe gratitude to Bell Burnell for beginning to break down barriers between the genders. The paper asserts that she is an inspiration for all women in that she did not let her gender hold her back from what she wanted to do.

From the Paper:

"Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born in Belfast on July 15, 1943. Her interest in astronomy sparked early in that it was her father who constructed the Armagh Observatory near her home. She attended Mount School in York, Great Britain and then took her studies to the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In 1965, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science and went on the Cambridge University to study under Antony Hewish. Her first two years were spent aiding in the construction of a radio telescope that would find and record radio signals. In addition to this, Bell Burnell studied newly discovered quasars, which are galaxy-size clusters of stars or star formations that appear to as single stars because they are so far away from Earth."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barbara A. Branca. "Jocelyn Susan Bell Burnell." Notable Scientists: From 1900 to the Present. 2008. GALE Science Resource Center. Site Accessed May 29, 2008. <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
• Ruskin,Steve. "The Discovery of Pulsars." Science and Its Times. 2001. GALE Science Resource Center. Site Accessed May 29, 2008. <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.

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