Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist who, while a graduate student, discovered the first pulsar, yet her significant contribution was overlooked when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to her male supervisor and another colleague.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist featured on a stamp launched by An Post to acknowledge women's achievements in STEM.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first radio signals from a pulsar but was overlooked for the Nobel Prize awarded to her male supervisor.

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