If you look at other countries, you'll find lots of girls doing physics, engineering, and science. It's something to do with the kind of culture we have in the English-speaking world about what's appropriate for each of the two sexes. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
There are some countries where there is not an issue with women in physics. Malaysia, for example, has physics departments where 60 per cent of undergraduates are female, and France and Italy are strong, too. It is not about ability… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
There's some evidence that if you're recruiting, you tend to recruit a mini-me. Then you have a very comfortable group round a table. You… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis, emerged, and… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site visits quite… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
We all have fundamental beliefs of one sort or another, and it is very threatening if somebody is saying they're wrong. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
A search for truth seems to me to be full of pitfalls. We all have different understandings of what truth is, and we'll each… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to Professor Antony… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a couple of… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed being a single person, particularly because I'm travelling a lot. It would be hard to maintain a relationship - so I've really… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Some of the hydrogen in your body comes from the Big Bang, and when you see a kid walking down the street with a… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
