Listening to the Stars
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
"A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, with recognition"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Burnell, S. Jocelyn -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Burnell, S. Jocelyn -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 4-8
ISBN:
0807545635
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Burnell, S. Jocelyn | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Burnell, S. Jocelyn | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Burnell, S. Jocelyn | Edgewood | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references.