David H-TNov 30, 2022
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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, PhD student Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's using it to set up a foundation to improve diversity in STEM.

#WomenInSTEM #Histodons #ScienceHistory

Nov 28, 2022 at 8:20amWeb
Show threadJust AliceNov 28, 2022
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Let's be clear about why she didn't get the Nobel: Her advisor Anthony Hewish stole her work & didn't credit her, knowingly accepting a Nobel Prize for someone else's work.
Show threadFBToastNov 28, 2022
@AliceAllonym @CarveHerName grrr😠
Show threadCarveHerNameNov 28, 2022

@AliceAllonym Someone, somewhere along the chain, decided that the PhD student who was second on the paper about the discovery wouldn’t be included in the Nobel nomination.

I’m not sure where that “omission” started, not from going through the secondary sources I’ve read anyway. Hence my caution in wording about her exclusion.

Show threadJust AliceNov 28, 2022

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Yeah, the fact that she herself said at the time that she didn't mind and thought it was appropriate are the main reason to be precise. However, she's said differently in two lectures since, and there is enormous pressure on doctoral students not to make waves in their very small community.

She designed and helped build that array, reviewed teams of data, spotted that anomaly, & took the idea of rotating neutron stars to Hewish.

Show threadChristina BergmannNov 29, 2022
@AliceAllonym @CarveHerName a reminder that the menfolks nominated hat to fight tooth and nail for Marie Sklodowska Curie to be included.
This sort of exclusion is so normalized that it's easier to just roll with it, also for your own sanity. Because who wants to face that their own advisor does not have their back?
Speaking up can quickly turn against you, as well (oh, she is o arrogant/difficult/...)
Show threadJust AliceNov 29, 2022

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Yeah. Bell Burnell was under enormous pressure to say "it's okay", if she wanted a career.

Hewish listed his primary collaborator, & Astronomer Royal Ryle was a powerful figure in radioastronomy. Bell also helped design the array for which Ryle was given credit. (She troubleshot the build as it progressed, not Ryle.)

I've always wondered if Hewish excluded Bell for fear someone would discover the full extent of her mastery of the material.

Show threadTanya Jackson-VaughanNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName ahh the patriarchy
Show threadKennethNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName Was she so much as mentioned? Or even in the audience?
Show threadRui BorgesNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName PSR B1919+21, the first pulsar discovered by #JocelynBell, which would become the cover for #UnknownPleasures by #JoyDivision.
Coincidently, she and #IanCurtis share the same birth day. The #universe works in curious ways.
Show threadMozzieBytes 𓆤 ☸️ 😷Nov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName Can you imagine what life would look like if for just 1/2 of human existence we were inclusive to at least 1/2 of humanity. Her name would literally be written in the stars.
Show threadHelenRNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName Dr Burnell is an amazing woman. I have heard her speak a couple of times, most recently at the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin in 2019.
Show threadSar Nov 28, 2022

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I recently discovered this when I watched this on YT:

https://youtu.be/NDW9zKqvPJI

Disgraceful that she's never been recognised by the Nobel committee.

Hell, even the guy that headed their department got more credit than she did!

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

I Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. | 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs

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Show threadmelaxNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName Had the pleasure of welcoming her to our school, where we now proudly have a room named after her :)
#inclusion
#stem
Show threadSteely ConnieNov 28, 2022
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I had to do a double take - she looks like one of my cousins!
Show threadEvangyselliNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName yes watched a documentary about her years ago. Her tutor took all the credit
Show threadNYEarthlingNov 28, 2022

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We learned about Jocelyn Bell in my astronomy class in college (this was back in the 90s). My professor told us the story of her being excluded, how everyone on that team got it except her ... and said people referred to the prize that year as the No-Bell prize.

If he's still walking the earth I'm sure he's very pleased that she finally got the recognition she deserved, albeit very late.

#WomenInSTEM #Histodons #ScienceHistory

Show threadJesse CookeNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName A great video on her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDW9zKqvPJI
I Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. | 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs

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Show thread@dickretiredNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName It was a travesty that she didn’t get it. She made the discovery, her supervisor didn’t believe is, she showed it was not an artifact of their particular radio telescope. What more do you need to do to win the Nobel Prize? Be a man, perhaps.
Show threadStephen J KimberNov 28, 2022
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The Double X factor; you can't help but miss out. Y - you may well wonder.
Show threadVivian SmothermanNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName love these, thank you.
Show threadJo Jo Physics girlNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName she is one of my heroes xx
Show threadsocialkindness1Nov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName excellent 👌
Show threadJust IceNov 28, 2022
@CarveHerName ✊🏻♀️
Show threadEliot LashNov 29, 2022
@CarveHerName I'm a big fan of hers! I wrote this article on how she discovered pulsars for a school paper that I contributed to h2g2 (a precursor to Wikipedia): https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A882218
h2g2 - The Discovery of Pulsars - Edited Entry

The Discovery of Pulsars, from the edited h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything

Show threadMatt J. - WriterNov 29, 2022
@CarveHerName #Belfast woman finally recognised.
Show threadHashNov 29, 2022
@CarveHerName historically so many women in stem never got the credit due.
Show threadPaul S JenkinsNov 29, 2022

@CarveHerName Dame Jocelyn at Winchester Science Festival in 2014

https://flic.kr/p/HPooWm

#WomenInSTEM #Histodons #ScienceHistory #Science #Astronomy #Astrodon #Pulsars

IMG_3405 Jocelyn Bell-Burnell at Winchester Science Festival 2014

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Show threadcollsNov 30, 2022

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I read 'The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers' by Emily Levesque and she mentioned Jocelyn Bell Burnell. It was nice to hear she's gotten more recognition recently.

Show threadDavid PDec 4, 2022
@CarveHerName I can't believe there are men here trying to relitigate the settled argument against the fact she was unjustly denied the Nobel Prize.