Last week I attended the Science museum for a special evening focused on women in science. I'd recommend a visit to the museum during one of its evenings for adults, no children running around and there’s even a pub quiz.
I had the fortune to listen to a presentation by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist that discovered Pulsars (large stars that emit radio signals all the way to earth) age 23.
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Posted by Nick on Wed May 12, 2010 18:12pm