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: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edició: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Col·lecció: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
363 |
| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Under the radar, the first woman in radio astronomy, Ruby Payne-Scott, W. M. Goss and Richard X. McGee, Berlin, Springer, 2010, 1 vol. (XXI-354 p.), Astrophysics and space science library, 978-3-642-03140-3 • Under the Radar, Texte imprimé, 9783642031427 • Under the Radar, Texte imprimé, 9783642260735 |
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- 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?