Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnett donates $3M prize to create scholarship...
https://www.theguardian.com/science...ysicist-overlooked-by-nobels-3m-award-pulsars
British astrophysicist overlooked by Nobels wins $3m award for pulsar work
"... who was passed over for the Nobel prize for her discovery of exotic cosmic objects that light up the heavens has won the most lucrative award in modern science."
"Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a visiting professor at Oxford University, was chosen by a panel of leading scientists to receive the $3m (£2.3m) special Breakthrough prize in fundamental physics for her landmark work on pulsars and a lifetime of inspiring leadership in the scientific community."
The discovery of pulsars "... was so dramatic it was awarded the Nobel prize in 1974. But while Hewish (her supervisor) was named as a winner, Bell Burnell was not. The decision drew vocal criticism from the British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle, but Bell Burnell has not complained.
'I feel I’ve done very well out of not getting a Nobel prize,' she said. 'If you get a Nobel prize you have this fantastic week and then nobody gives you anything else. If you don’t get a Nobel prize you get everything that moves. Almost every year there’s been some sort of party because I’ve got another award. That’s much more fun.' "
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45425872
Scholarship to counter 'unconscious bias' in physics
"One of the UK's leading female astronomers is to donate her £2.3m winnings from a major science prize she was awarded.
The sum will go to fund women, under-represented ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.
Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded a Breakthrough Prize for the discovery of radio pulsars.
This was also the subject of the physics Nobel in 1974, but her male collaborators received the award.
The Breakthrough award also recognises her scientific leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/science...ysicist-overlooked-by-nobels-3m-award-pulsars
British astrophysicist overlooked by Nobels wins $3m award for pulsar work
"... who was passed over for the Nobel prize for her discovery of exotic cosmic objects that light up the heavens has won the most lucrative award in modern science."
"Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a visiting professor at Oxford University, was chosen by a panel of leading scientists to receive the $3m (£2.3m) special Breakthrough prize in fundamental physics for her landmark work on pulsars and a lifetime of inspiring leadership in the scientific community."
The discovery of pulsars "... was so dramatic it was awarded the Nobel prize in 1974. But while Hewish (her supervisor) was named as a winner, Bell Burnell was not. The decision drew vocal criticism from the British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle, but Bell Burnell has not complained.
'I feel I’ve done very well out of not getting a Nobel prize,' she said. 'If you get a Nobel prize you have this fantastic week and then nobody gives you anything else. If you don’t get a Nobel prize you get everything that moves. Almost every year there’s been some sort of party because I’ve got another award. That’s much more fun.' "
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45425872
Scholarship to counter 'unconscious bias' in physics
"One of the UK's leading female astronomers is to donate her £2.3m winnings from a major science prize she was awarded.
The sum will go to fund women, under-represented ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.
Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded a Breakthrough Prize for the discovery of radio pulsars.
This was also the subject of the physics Nobel in 1974, but her male collaborators received the award.
The Breakthrough award also recognises her scientific leadership
