Jocelyn Bell Burnell by Twyla Watkins https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul An example padlet about Isaac Newton for the Physicist Impact Project en-us 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC 2024-10-12 17:31:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f52d.png Jocelyn Bell Burnell twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922432 Famous Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922432 Astrophysicist twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922433 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922433 Known for twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922434 The discovery of pulsars

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922434 Born July 15, 1943 twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922435 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922435 Worked on twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922436 Jocelyn spent two years helping to build a gigantic radio telescope that could help detect quasars.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922436 Young Jocelyn Bell Burnell twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922438 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922438 Father twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922439 Her father Phillip Bell was an architect.

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]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922440 University of Cambridge twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922441 She gained a PhD in 1969 at the University of Cambridge

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922441 University of Glasgow twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922442 In 1965 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Philosophy.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922442 Personality twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922444 Jocelyn Burnell is a strong, hardworking woman, who is a true role model for others. In 2018 she was awarded The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, she gave the entire $2.3 million prize away to assist female, minority, and refugee students towards an education in physics. This shows her generous nature, and how she wants to help those who are less fortunate than her.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922444 Astrophysics twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922446 Astrophysics is the study of the universe, with a focus on celestial bodies and cosmic phenomena. If I were to describe this field to a 10-year-old, I would say Astrophysics is a type of science that studies space and uses the laws of physics and chemistry to understand the universe.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922446 Other important scientists in this field twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922447 Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922447 When did this field of science begin? twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922448 In the 16th century, a Polish astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the theory that the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, rather than the Earth being the center of the universe. This was a major breakthrough and marked the beginning of modern astrophysics.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922448 Other important Astrophysicist twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922449 Galileo Galilei (pictured above)

Stephen Hawking,

Isaac Newton

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922449 Most Famous Work twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922451 Jocelyn is most famous for her discovery of pulsars in 1967 while she was a postgraduate student at Murray Edwards College.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922451 What is Jocelyn Bell Burnell doing now? twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922453 She is currently Chancellor of the University of Dundee, she does public speaking where she talks about astronomy.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922453 Why is her academic work famous? twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922455 The discovery of pulsars has allowed scientists to understand particle physics and provided more evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity.

]]> 2024-10-11 00:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922455 What is the impact of their work on future generations of scientists? twatkins26_2 https://padlet.com/twatkins26_2/gv70n7ll5vwipkul/wish/3163922457 Jocelyn has been a role model for other women scientists, she has faced gender-based discrimination but she has continued to persevere and inspire others.

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