Nights' Science - Physics

Prof. Shaun Hendy from the University of Auckland examines the life and work New Zealand astronomer and and cosmologist Beatrice Hill Tinsley. The Association of Scientists have just awarded the very first Beatrice Hill Tinsley medal, the first science award named after a woman in New Zealand. You can also hear more about her on the RNZ series The Stars are Comforting - The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)