2 chapters across the catalog
Donna Strickland became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. The hosts contrast this with the story of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, whose discovery of pulsars in 1967 was credited to her male advisor, Anthony Hewish, who won the Nobel Prize in 1974. They criticize the media for failing to name the "creep" who stole her work.
McDonald Observatory Tour and Dark Energy Research
Adam Curry provides details of his private tour of the McDonald Observatory, facilitated by the development director of the Giant Magellan Telescope. He describes the various telescopes, including the 10-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope, and the ongoing research into pulsars and dark energy. Curry notes the high number of female astronomers and the international "vibe" of the facility despite the cloudy weather preventing visual observation.
