British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell will receive a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, for her 1967 discovery of the fast-spinning stellar corpses known as pulsars and her scientific leadership in the 50 years since then.
Pulsar Discoverer Jocelyn Bell Burnell Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize
SPACE.com - 6 Sep 2018 18:02
British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell will receive a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, for her 1967 discovery of the fast-spinning stellar corpses known as pulsars and her scientific leadership in the 50 years since then.
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