Listening to the stars : Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers pulsars
(2021)
By:
Parachini, Jodie
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/BIOGRAPHY/523.01/BURNELL,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780807545638, 0807545635 :, 9780807545638
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that helped her discover pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, with recognition"--
Ages 4-8
Grades 2-3