Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

About the award

A major science award founded in 2012. Its Special Breakthrough Prize has honoured discoveries including the detection of gravitational waves and, for Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the discovery of pulsars.

Recipients in this encyclopedia

Jocelyn Bell Burnell2018

Knowledge connections

Awarded toJocelyn Bell Burnell

Sources & references

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BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.

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