More than a decade has passed since pulsars were discovered at Cambridge by J. Bell and A. Hewish. The past 13 years have seen ex- tensive and at first rather hectic research, and a considerable amount of observational and theoretical knowledge has been accumulated. Looking back over one decade of pulsar research, it seems worth- while to ask what the real impact of the detection was and if our view of the universe has changed as a result of this discovery. The excite- ment of the first months and years has ebbed down considerably, with the result that pulsar research has become the task of a...
More than a decade has passed since pulsars were discovered at Cambridge by J. Bell and A. Hewish. The past 13 years have seen ex- tensive and at firs...