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  Astronomy & GeophysicsVolume 45 Issue 1, Pages 1.07 - 1.11 Published Online: 28 Jan 2004 © 2010 Royal Astronomical Society Published on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abstract | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 176K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Presidential Address Pliers, pulsars and extreme physics Copyright Royal Astronomical Society ABSTRACTJocelyn Bell Burnell looks back at the discovery of pulsars 35 years ago, in her Presidential Address of 2003. Abstract
Pulsars are now known to be neutron stars, rotating perhaps ten or a hundred times a second and emitting a radio signal. Their first appearance was as a small, strange signal embedded in thousands of feet of paper charts, analysis of which was my responsibility as a research student. This is the story of their discovery and a summary of what we know about these exotic objects today. | 
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