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Jocelyn Bell Burnell
(15 Jul 1943 - )
British astronomer.
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Science Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1 quote)
My eureka moment was in the dead of night, the early hours of the morning, on a cold, cold night, and my feet were so cold, they were aching. But when the result poured out of the charts, you just forget all that. You realize instantly how significant this is—what it is you’ve really landed on—and it’s great!
[About her discovery of the first pulsar radio signals.]
[About her discovery of the first pulsar radio signals.]
— Jocelyn Bell Burnell
From BBC TV program, Journeys in Time and Space: Invisible Universe (28 Feb 2001).
See also:
- 15 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Burnell's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
