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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the 2010s. She is a white woman with dark grey hair.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the 1960s, in front of a radio telescope. she is a white woman with dark hair, wearing a sensible duffle coat given how cold it must have been out there.
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"The moment of discovery" does not always exist: the scientist's work is too tenuous, too divided, for the certainty of success to crackle out suddenly in the midst of his laborious toil like a stroke of lightening, dazzling him by its fire.

In: Eve Curie - Madame Curie - Chapter XII (p. 158)

~Marie Curie #BOTD in 1867.

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Marie Curie in her laboratory The measurement of radioactivity requires great dexterity and inventive spirit. It was made possible with an experimental advice conceived by Pierre Curie, which makes it possible to measure very small charges. The image shows Curie in profile, facing left, seated at a wooden laboratory table. She wears a simple, long-sleeved laboratory gown, gathered at the shoulders and waist . Her posture is upright and attentive; one hand gently adjusts a control dial, while the other rests near a piece of scientific equipment. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sk%C5%82odowska-Curie?uselang=fr#/media/File:Marie_Curie_in_her_laboratory.jpg
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