Jocelyn Bell Burnell By Mike Munden Vivian Luna

Jocelyn Bell Burnell By: Mike Munden & Vivian Luna

THE EARLY YEARS � BORN IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND ON JULY 15, 1943 � HER FATHER WAS AN ARCHITECT AND AN PASSIOINATE READER. THROUGH HIS BOOKS, JOCELYN WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF ASTRONOMY. � HER FAMILY AND STAFF AT THE ARMAGH OBSERVATORY ENCOURAGED HER INTREST IN ASTRONOMY

� Armagh observatory was established in 1789

HER STUDIES IN 1965, BELL EARNED A DEGREE IN PHYSICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. � THAT SAME YEAR SHE BEGAN TO WORK ON HER PH. D AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY � STUDIED ALMOST EVERY WAVE SPECTRUM IN ASTRONOMY � RECEIVED HER PH. D IN RADIO ASTRONOMY FROM CAMBRIDGE IN 1968 �

DISCOVERIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS � WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANTHONY HEWISH AT CAMBRIDGE JOCELYN BELL DISCOVERED PULSARS � BELLS FIRST TWO YEARS IN CAMBRIDGE WERE SPENT ASSISTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 81. 5 MEGAHERTZ RADIO TELESCOPE � SHE WAS ALSO ELECTED AS A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTONOMICAL SOCIETY IN 1969

PULSARS � Pulsars are stars that release regular bursts of radio waves and the discovery ranks as an important milestone in the history of astrophysics.

� THE TELESCOPE THAT BELL USED TO DISCOVER THE FIRST PULSAR GENRATED 121. 8 METERS OF DATA EVERY 4 DAYS

TODAY BELL IS MARRIED � SINCE LEAVING CAMBRIDGE BELLBURNELL HAS SYUDIED THE SKY IN ALMOST EVERY REGION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM � TODAY JOCELYN CONCERNS AND EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SHE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE TEACHING AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. �

� Jocelyn Bell Burnell was made a Dame in 2008 and a year later became the first ever female President of the Institute of Physics.

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