And scientist Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, 50 years after she made a historic astronomical discovery—only to have her male adviser take credit and receive a Nobel Prize for her work. The special award comes with $3 million in prize money, which Bell Burnell says she’s donating to the U.K.’s Institute of Physics.
Scientist Jocelyn Bell Burnell Wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
HeadlineSep 10, 2018