Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Scientist
1943-07-15
Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also a strand in society that says physics is terribly hard.
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The more diverse a research group or a business, the more robust it is, the more flexible it is, and the better it succeeds.
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Demarcation disputes between supervisor and student are always difficult, probably impossible to resolve... it is the supervisor who has the final responsibility for the success or failure of the project.
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Pulsars are in an ideal part of the universe to test Einstein's theory of relativity - so far, it's holding up well. They may even one day act as navigational beacons for spacecraft. I'll never tire of them; they really are the most extraordinary objects.
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There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately children of the stars.
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Although we don't know what is outside our universe, astronomers still wonder. Several pictures of what there might be have been dreamed up. An interesting one, called multiverse, has lots of universes. Picture it as a foam of bubbles. Our universe would be one bubble, and we'd be surrounded by lots of other bubbles.
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Throughout my working life, I've been either one of very few women or the most senior woman in the place.
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