Author: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.

When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Science is a quest for understanding.

Science is a quest for understanding.

- 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 patchier than any man's of a comparable age.

I am very conscious that, having worked part time, having had a rather disrupted career, my research record is a good deal patchier than any man's of a comparable age.

- 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 it succeeds.

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

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Throughout my working life, I've been either one of very few women or the most senior woman in the place.

Throughout my working life, I've been either one of very few women or the most senior woman in the place.

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Women of my generation who've stayed in science have done it by playing the men at their own game.

Women of my generation who've stayed in science have done it by playing the men at their own game.

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I became conscious in later life that I had been given an education that enabled me to do all kinds of jobs, but often, jobs weren't open to me.

I became conscious in later life that I had been given an education that enabled me to do all kinds of jobs, but often, jobs weren't open to me.

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I know from another pulsar astronomer who won the Nobel that you get no peace. You're asked about every subject under the sun. It quite wrecks your life.

I know from another pulsar astronomer who won the Nobel that you get no peace. You're asked about every subject under the sun. It quite wrecks your life.

- Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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