PI Public Lecture Series:
Title: "What is that?!" The Discovery of Pulsars: A Grad Student's Story.
Abstract:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, winner of the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, is an accomplished scientist and champion for women in physics. As a graduate student in 1967, she co-discovered pulsars, a breakthrough widely considered one of the most important scientific advances of the 20th century. When the discovery of pulsars was recognized with the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics, the award went to her graduate advisor. Undaunted, she persevered and became one of the most prominent researchers in her field and an advocate for women and other under-represented groups in physics.
She plans to use the $3 million Breakthrough Prize to fund women and other under-represented groups pursuing physics to bring greater diversity to the field.
During her distinguished career she has been president of both the Institute of Physics and the Royal Astronomical Society and is currently a Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and Chancellor of Scotland’s University of Dundee.
In a special Perimeter public lecture on Thursday, October 25 at 7pm ET, Dame Bell Burnell will take our theatre and online audiences on a journey into the realm of pulsars and share stories from her personal journey of scientific discovery.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Attendance to the lecture is free, but advance
tickets are required. Due to the overwhelming response to past lectures,
tickets will be honoured until 6:45 pm only. If you have not arrived by 6:45 pm
your reservation may be filled by guests in our waiting line, and you may be
asked to join the end of the waiting line.
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