Who is Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell?
Q: Who is Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell?
A: Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a Northern Irish astrophysicist.
Q: What is her most significant scientific achievement?
A: Her discovery of radio pulsars has been called as "one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th Century".
Q: Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work?
A: The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish and to the astronomer Martin Ryle.
Q: Was she included in this award?
A: No, despite having been the first to observe and precisely analyse the pulsars, Bell was excluded from receiving this award.
Q: What other recognition did she receive for her work?
A: She won the 2018 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Q: When was she born?
A: She was born on 15 July 1943.
