The first pulsars were discovered in 1967 (such as a radio pulsar CP 1919 with a period of pulsation of its directional radiation in 1.33 s) by astronomers at Cambridge University (England)
Anthony Hewish (born in 1924) with the assistance of his colleague Jocelyn Bell [20].
The letter is endorsed by the following 25 Nobel laureates in physics: Leon Neil Cooper (1972) , Brian David Josephson (1973) ,
Anthony Hewish (1974), Burton Richter (1976), Arno Allan Penzias (1978), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1979), James Cronin(1980), Nicholas Bloembergen (1981), Klaus von Klitz ing (1985), Jack Steinberger (1988), Douglas D.
Anthony Hewish, Rene Oudmaijer, Jim Wild, Nick Hewitt, Ray Emery and Robin Catchpole.
Other Birthdays: Writer Lady Rachel Billington, 59; radio astronomer Professor
Anthony Hewish, 77; High Court judge Sir Gordon Langley, 58; television presenter Jeremy Paxman, 51; snooker player John Parrott, 37; Australian cricketer Ian Redpath, 60; actress Natasha Richardson.
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Anthony Hewish and ends with the unconventional system of planets
Then, in Great Britain, the British astronomer
Anthony Hewish (b.
The emissions, detected by
Anthony Hewish, Jocelyn Bell and their colleagues, came from what is now known as a pulsar.
Birthdays: Writer Lady Rachel Billington, 58; rock musician Eric Burdon, 59; radio astronomer Professor
Anthony Hewish, 76; High Court judge Sir Gordon Langley, 57; television presenter Jeremy Paxman, 50; snooker player John Parrott, 36; Australian cricketer Ian Redpath, 59; actress Natasha Richardson, 37; England rugby union winger Mike Sleman, 49; composer Judith Weir, 46.
Three years later, Jocelyn Bell and
Anthony Hewish discovered pulsars in another scientific accident; neutron stars could well have been discovered earlier with optical measurements of the Crab Nebula or later with X-ray telescopes in space.