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Jocelyn Bell Burnell, quiet revolutionary, wins $3MM prize for pulsars discovery (arstechnica.com)
13 points by EvilMonkeyMat 2848 days ago
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ColinWright 2848 days ago
... and she immediately donates it to a fund a scholarship to help counter "unconscious bias" in physics:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45425872

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EvilMonkeyMat 2848 days ago
Yes. What an amazing woman.
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snapetom 2847 days ago
One of the pulsars she discovered was the basis for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures' iconic image.
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