Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis,…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Science is a quest for understanding.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

A search for truth seems to me to be full of pitfalls. We all have different understandings of what truth is, and…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

My father was an architect.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I've enjoyed being a single person, particularly because I'm travelling a lot. It would be hard to maintain a relationship - so…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Some of the hydrogen in your body comes from the Big Bang, and when you see a kid walking down the street…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Although we don't know what is outside our universe, astronomers still wonder. Several pictures of what there might be have been dreamed…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

It's now widely recognised that a diverse research group is usually stronger, more creative, and more robust and flexible. Such a group…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately children of the stars.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

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

If it wasn't for the stars, we would not be here.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The universe is very big - there's about 100,000 million galaxies in the universe, so that means an awful lot of stars.…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I didn't always have research jobs.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

We still don't know what about 96 per cent of the universe is made of. It is dark matter and dark energy,…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I'm the eldest of four children: a brother next after me and then two sisters.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The more diverse a research group or a business, the more robust it is, the more flexible it is, and the better…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Radio astronomers are aware in the back of their minds that if there are other civilizations out there in space, it might…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I am very conscious that, having worked part time, having had a rather disrupted career, my research record is a good deal…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell