Episode 018 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell | Nuclear Physicist

Alternate Title: Let's Get Physical

Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Lise Meitner, the nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission, and Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars! 

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Sources

Main Story - Lise Meitner

1. Fission Girl: Lise Meitner’s Escape from Nazi Germany by Melanie Fine
2. Book Review of Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/lisemeitner.htm
3. Article from Berkeley Nuclear Research Center: https://web.archive.org/web/20161112205121/http://bnrc.berkeley.edu/Famous-Women-in-Physical-Sciences-and-Engineering/lise-meitner.html

Further reading: Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewis Sime.

 

Women who werk

Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives $3 million Breakthrough Prize for her 1967 discovery of pulsars and lifetime of scientific leadership.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/08/she-made-discovery-man-got-nobel-half-century-later-shes-won-million-prize/

 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

 

Cover art

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