The 1974 Nobel went to her advisor, Antony Hewish. She was left off.
The 1993 prize went to Russell Hulse and his advisor, for a pulsar discovery they made in… 1974.
Burnell and Hulse were both 24yo grad students when they made the discoveries, but Hulse is a man. Gratuitous sexism. 🧪🔭
@mcnees.bsky.socialAstrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born OTD in 1943. As a Cambridge grad student in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars!
In 1974 the Nobel was given to her advisor; she was left off.
Photo: National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
