Making Waves : The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer
This book is an abbreviated, partly re-written version of "Under the Radar - The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott." It addresses a general readership interested in historical and sociological aspects of astronomy and presents the biography of Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 1981). A...
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Serie: | Astronomers' Universe
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| Accesso online: | 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: | • Making waves, the story of Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian pioneer radio astronomer, by W. M. Goss, 2013, Berlin, Springer, 1 vol. (XX-262 p.), Astronomers' Universe, 978-3-642-35751-0 • Making Waves, Texte imprimé, 9783642357534 |
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- A Brief, Basic Guide to Terms and Concepts of Solar Radio Astronomy Ruby Payne-Scott s Ancestors and Her Early Childhood Ruby Payne-Scott s Education and Early Employment Wartime Research by Ruby Payne-Scott at the Radiophysics Laboratory 1944-1945: Ruby Payne-Scott The First Woman Radio Astronomer 1945-1946: Early Radio Astronomy at Dover Heights 1946-1947: Personal Tragedy and Professional Triumph 1948: Hornsby Field Station Daily Observations 1949-1951: Radio Astronomy Blossoms as a Field, but Ruby Must Resign from the Radiophysics Laboratory 1952: Ruby Payne-Scott s Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer at the International Union of Radio Science The Married Life and Motherhood of Ruby Payne-Scott 1963-1974: Employment at Danebank School The Last Years and Legacy of Ruby Payne-Scott