**Description:**\\ The lecture will discuss relevant papers in the early stage of NS/pulsar science. If possible, take a look at the following articles. - The paper where Franco Pacini is saying that the Crab Nebula should be powered by a highly magnetised, fast-spinning neutron star: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967Natur.216..567P/abstract - The initial radio detection of a pulsar: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Natur.217..709H/abstract - The following pulsars: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Natur.218..126P/abstract - Additional famous pulsars: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Natur.219..574C/abstract - Pulsar polarisation: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Natur.218..124L/abstract - Tommy gold’s paper on pulsars: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Natur.218..731G/abstract - Giant pulses from the Crab: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968Sci...162.1481S/abstract - Optical detection of the Crab: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969Natur.221..525C/abstract - Measurement of period and spin-down of the Crab pulsar: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969Natur.222..551R/abstract