Under the Radar The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott
This is the biography of Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 to 1981). As the first female radio astronomer (and one of the first people in the world to consider radio astronomy), she made classic contributions to solar radio physics. She also played a major role in the design of the Australian government's...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott – 28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney, Australia)
- Ruby Payne-Scott: the Early Years: 1912–1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University
- Woodlands School, AWA, New Career Opportunities for Women in World War II
- Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO
- War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL
- Payne-Scott – The First Woman Radio Astronomer and the Transition to Peacetime – 1944–1945
- Payne-Scott at Dover Heights 1945–1947: Discovery of Type I, II and III Solar Bursts and the Introduction of Fourier Synthesis in Astronomy
- Hornsby 1948: Type III Bursts Revealed; Conflicts with Bolton
- Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949–1951: Movies of the Outward Motions of Solar Outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer
- Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer
- Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as Told by Friends and Colleagues
- A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall
- Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Danebank School 1963–1974; the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures
- The End of Payne-Scott’s Life: A Retrospective
- Epilogue: Why Did We Write This Book?