Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an interesting case. She didn't get the nobel prize, but today she is generally the one given credit for discovering pulsars in astronomy textbooks.
> It has been suggested that I should have had a part in the Nobel Prize awarded to Tony Hewish for the discovery of pulsars. There are several comments that I would like to make on this: First, demarcation disputes between supervisor and student are always difficult, probably impossible to resolve. Secondly, it is the supervisor who has the final responsibility for the success or failure of the project. We hear of cases where a supervisor blames his student for a failure, but we know that it is largely the fault of the supervisor. It seems only fair to me that he should benefit from the successes, too. Thirdly, I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases, and I do not believe this is one of them. Finally, I am not myself upset about it – after all, I am in good company, am I not!
So, JJB is interviewed. Approximately like this:
TT: So, who are you? Why are you interesting? JJB: I discovered pulsars. TT: ... what's a pulsar? JJB: <explanation> .. drifts into talk about Nobel prizes. JJB continues as you say to be a class act. Then onto spirituality [not my bag]
https://youtu.be/ybKNXJexutE?si=SDF8h_gKqRObJqJU
I wish I could find the whole interview for you. It was gold. Although the subject matter of the segment I linked isn't that interesting to me, the format, and spirit (sorry) of open and honest enquiry is really good IMO. I wish we had more TV like this.