The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: Pulsars

• The Strange and Twisted World of Pulsars, by Linda Rowan and Robert Coontz, 2004/04/23 Science [AAAS]
• What's a Pulsar [and] A Brief History of Radio Pulsars, 2006/01/13
• Wikipedia (part of article on pulsars; good external links)
• February, 1968 The Discovery of Pulsars Announced, 2006/02 This Month in Physics History [APS]
• Pulsar Detection 2003: A Progress Report, by James van Prooyen, 2003 [Grand Rapids Radio Observatory]
• Important Dates in the History of Pulsars, by Martha Haynes and Stirling Churchman (pedagogical tool for introductory astronomy class) [Cornell University]
• History of Pulsars?, by Kathy Cruz, 2003 (undergraduate physics project) [University of Alaska, Fairbanks]
• Moments of Discovery: A Pulsar Discovery (aimed at educators; links to audio files; good pictures) [AIP]
• Newly Discovered Pulsar Spins its Way into History (aimed at young learners) [Goddard Space Flight Center]
• Pulsar Dreams, by Jonathan Arons, 2007/10
• Possible Planetary Bodies around Pulsars, by George H. Bell, 1997/2001 [Arizona State University]
• The Forgotten Challenge: Pulsars, by Gerry Zeitlin (champions the Little Green Men hypothesis) [Open SETI Initiative]

See Pulsars and Jocelyn Bell Burnell at the Net Advance of Physics

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