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Under the radar: the first woman in radio astronomy, Ruby Payne-Scott
2009, Springer
in English
3642031404 9783642031403
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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 swept-lobe interferometer
Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: her last experience as a radio astronomer
Reminiscences and anecdote 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?
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
Electronic mode of access: World Wide Web.
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