Dark matter, pulsars and imposter syndrome
They're going to throw me out. But . . .

In its 120 year history, nearly 1,000 people have won a Nobel Prize. And we’re going to ask you a simple question: how many of those Nobel laureates are women?

What, half of them maybe? Or perhaps more realistically, one in four? One in ten even? 

Nope. Of 990 Nobels, 67 are women. That’s just 7%. And when we turn to scientific Nobels, then out of 659 awardees, only 26 are women. That’s not even 4%. 

And so today on Trapped History, we’re recognising two women in particular whose names really should be on that list. Vera Rubin, who discovered dark matter, and Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, who found pulsars.

Don’t worry – you don’t need a physics degree to tune in. Because we’re actually in the room with Jocelyn herself, as she holds our hand and gently leads us through the mind-boggling world of stars, space and sexism. As Oswin says at the end of the show, he's learnt a lot but he’s ‘unlearnt’ even more!