Posts Tagged ‘pulsars’
Free lecture: IOP president Jocelyn Bell Burnell on pulsars and extreme physics
Pulsars were discovered 35 years ago. What do we know about them now, and what have they taught us about the extremes of physics? They serve as extremely accurate clocks with which to carry out precision experiments in relativity. Created in cataclysmic explosions, pulsars are a (stellar) form of life after death. After half a [...]
Upcoming physics lecture on pulsars by IOP president Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, IOP President and visiting professor at Oxford University, will be giving a talk on ‘Pulsars and extreme physics’ on Thursday, 11th June 2009 at Northumbria University for anyone interested in physics. Jocelyn has been president of the IOP since October 2008. She has filled a wide range of teaching, research and managerial roles [...]
