Scientist Robbed of 1974 <br />Nobel Prize, Now Wins $3M Jocelyn Bell Burnell made <br />an important astrophysics discovery as a graduate student in 1967. Bell Burnell was responsible for the <br />radio pulsar, which could one day form <br />the basis of a "galactic positioning system." The discovery went on to <br />win a Nobel Prize in 1974 but <br />Bell Burnell didn't receive the prize. Instead, her supervisor at <br />the University of Cambridge, Antony Hewish, received the award. Hewish had built the necessary <br />radio telescope with Bell Burnell <br />but didn't discover the radio pulsar. Fast-forward 44 years later, and Bell Burnell is <br />now receiving the Breakthrough Prize for the <br />same discovery, as well as her leadership and <br />contributions to science all of these years. Edward Witten, Breakthrough Prize selection committee, via statement The Breakthrough Prize, with an award of $3M, <br />is the largest scientific award <br />in the world. Bell Burnell won't keep the money. Instead, she <br />plans to set up <br />a scholarship to support women and minorities interested in science. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, to BBC
