Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
When I went to my local grammar school, Lurgan College, girls were not encouraged to study science. My parents hit the roof… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
When I got engaged to be married, it was assumed that I would quit science and be a housewife. It was considered… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
If you look at other countries, you'll find lots of girls doing physics, engineering, and science. It's something to do with the… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
If you'd got a very conservative Republican in power, they might not be happy about some of the scientific research going on,… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
In Quakerism, your understanding of God is revised in light of your own experience, while in research science, you revise your model… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few women in science. I have pioneered that. One of the things I worry about is what that… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Women of my generation who've stayed in science have done it by playing the men at their own game. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I've won countless other awards, including 'Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.' — 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
