The Silent Pulse of the Universe
2021
16 min
English
In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. But as a young woman in science, her role was overlooked.
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Part of the Almost Famous series. Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors to make one of the greatest astrophysical discoveries of the twentieth century. While Jocelyn was belittled and sexually harassed by the media, the Nobel Prize was awarded to her professor and his boss.
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- Released
- Production
- Breakwater Studios
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Top Cast
Jocelyn Bell Burnell as Self
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Ben Proudfoot · Director
Nicholas Jacobson-Larson · Composer
Tom Welsh · Cinematographer
Monica Salazar · Editor
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