Reflections on Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s Backhouse Lecture

Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting Since Jocelyn Bell Burnell delivered her Backhouse Lecture A Quaker astronomer reflects in 2013, I have been trying to frame a reply to it. This I have been reluctant to do, knowing that I do not have half her intellect,...

Backhouse Lecture Overview.

By Julie and Peter Webb, SANTRM. The 2013 Backhouse Lecture was delivered at Australia Yearly Meeting, University of Canberra, on 7th January by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a professional astronomer and life-long Quaker. The lecture was presented in a way which reflected...