Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars [Hardback]

Name: Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars [Hardback]
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Author: Jodie Parachini

by Jodie Parachini

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Age range 5 to 9 A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that contributed to her discovery of pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favour of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, recognised for her contribution.

Publisher: Whitman & Company, Albert
Year: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780807545638
Condition: Fine

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