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The Fabulous: No'Bell Prize

Culture · Wednesday, December 16 · 21:00 · Paris

Théâtre La Reine Blanche, 2bis Passage Ruelle

Jocelyn Bell and the discovery of pulsars. Jocelyn Bell does her PhD in astrophysics in Cambridge, under the supervision of Anthony Hewish, in the late 1960s. She is brilliant, but suffers from the “impostor syndrome.” She confides in her roommate and friend Janet, a theology student. She discovers the “pulsars,” but struggles to convince her supervisor of the interest of her observations. Yet it is to him alone that the Nobel Committee will attribute the paternity of this discovery in 1974.↘ Production: Reine Blanche Productions The press talks about it The young Clémentine Lebocey embodies …