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Susan Jocelyn BELL BURNELL (1996)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2010

Anthony Bowen
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University of Cambridge
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AGRUM uos uelim in animo fingere, aequum et planum et perticarum in agmine sex iugerum quadrato erectarum duo milibus quadraginta octo satum; quarum inter summas aeris Cyprii fila ita internecti ut proximis suis quaque sic coniuncta spectet in stellas nouicium rete quoddam, quo ui electrica immissa radii stellarum uastissimum per aethera scintillantes accipi possint.

inter eos qui operam curamque quid rete reperiret adhibebant haec est femina, tum tiro modo in rebus perquirendis sed acuta et perspicaci mente. nam plurima ex aethere nuntia accipiebantur sed breuissima: nuntium enim suum cuique stellae tantum per septingentesimam uicesimam partem diei, dum rotatur orbis terrarum, tempus erat referre. quarum in turba radiare uidentur quaedam paruo impetu sed temporis interuallis adeo consimilibus inter sese ut uix natura fieri possit: nam radii cum rectum per inane feruntur particulis aeris obiectis spatio depellere paulum coguntur: hinc illud exiguum clinamen principiorum uel astrorum mos micandi. natura nihilominus fieri mox paret, stellarumque genus aliud compertum habemus cui nomen uenarum imPULSARum percussus dedit.

tale inuentum non solet unus homo exquirere et elaborare, sed haec una uidit, uisoque tam sedulo institit (aliasque tris interim stellas eius generis inuenerat) ut inter magos eos habenda sit, qui ‘uidentes stellam, gauisi sunt, gaudio magno ualde.’ nunc physices in ea est uniuersitate professor quae ‘Aperta’ nuncupatur: ibi uero apte inter omnis instituendum id curat et prouidet quod recte dicatur rete doctrinae.

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Cambridge Orations, 1993–2007
A Selection
, pp. 6 - 7
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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