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Dr. Jocelyn Bell Bur nell
University of Oxford
The William E. & Elva F. Gordon Distinguished Lectureship

2006 GORDON LECTURE

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Reception at 2:30 pm Lecture at 3:30 pm Dinner 5:30 pm

аngel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center, Arecibo Observatory
Space is limited. RSVP by JUNE 19 to Ms. Elga Neris, Arecibo Observatory Tel: 787-878-2612 ext. 210 eneris@naic.edu

Reflections on the discover y of pulsars
How pulsars were and weren't discovered ­ some of the stories and some of the 'near misses'. W hat lessons can we lear n from these episodes about how astronomy is organized?
Professor Bell Burnell is among the world's most famous scientists. In 1967, as a PhD student in radio astronomy at Cambridge University in the UK, her determination to understand oddities in the cosmic radio signals being received by her instruments led to the discovery of pulsars thereby opening a new field of astrophysics. The work was recognized by the award of a Nobel Prize to her thesis supervisor. Following completion of her PhD, she worked as an academic researcher in the new field of gamma ray astronomy at the University of Southampton, she then worked in the developing field of x-ray astronomy at University College London, and later in infrared astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. While in Scotland, she undertook management responsibility for the newly-completed James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on behalf of astronomers at British, Canadian and Dutch Universities. For the ten years following this experience she was Professor of Physics at the Open University; one of these years she spent at Princeton University as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. She recently retired as Dean of Science at the University of Bath and now enjoys a Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford with a Professorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford. Her achievements have been recognized by the award of the Oppenheimer prize, the Michelson medal, the Tinsley prize and the Magellanic Premium, among many others. She was elected President of the Royal Astronomical Society and is a recipient of its highest award, the Herschel Medal. Many US and UK universities have awarded her honorary doctorates. She was made a CBE in 1999, a FRS in 2003, a FRSE in 2004 and a Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Her long-term commitment to the public appreciation of science has made her much in demand as a public speaker; her special encouragement for women to pursue careers in science is promoted effectively by the inspirational role model she provides for all.
The Gordon Distinguished Lectureship was initiated through a gift by Thomas & Elizabeth Talpey. The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center is operated by Cornell University under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.