Dr. Margaret Burbidge

Astronomer and astrophysicist

Dr. Margaret Burbidge was a British-American astronomer and astrophysicist. She was born in 1914 and passed away in 2009. Burbidge made significant contributions to our understanding of the life cycles of stars and the formation of heavy elements. She was a pioneer for women in science and served as a professor at several institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley. Burbidge was also a fellow of th...