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Q: Did a watch company really try to sue radio astronomers for using the word "pulsar"?

uhohAfter about 48:37 in the video Jocelyn Bell Burnell Special Public Lecture: The Discovery of Pulsars (linked below) Dr. Bell Burnell describes the invention of the word "pulsar" do describe the pulsating radio sources she'd discovered. One of the many humorous bits caught my attention: These day...

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