Under the radar : the first woman in radio astronomy : Fuby Payne-Scott
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Under the radar : the first woman in radio astronomy : Fuby Payne-Scott
（Astrophysics and space science library, v. 363）
Springer, c2010
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Includes index
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内容説明
It is rare for a complete biography of an Australian scientist, particularly of an Australian woman scientist, to be published. It is rarer for such a book to be co-authored by an American. Although scientists have written discourses on the history of their discipline, it is most unusual for a scientist to write a full length biography of a colleague in his ?eld. It is also uncommon for a man to write about an Australian woman scientist; most of the work on Australian women scientists has been done by other women. However, these authors, both distinguished researchers in the ?eld of radio astr- omy, became so interested in the history of their discipline and in the career of the pioneer radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott that they spent some years bringing this book to fruition. Until relatively recently, Ruby Payne-Scott had been the only woman scientist mentioned brie?y in histories of Australian science or of Australian radio astronomy. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in these disciplines. Being scientists themselves, the authors explain Payne-Scott's scienti?c work in detail; therefore, the value and importance of her contributions can, for the ?rst time, be recognised, not only by historians but also by scientists.
目次
- Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction - the Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott -28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney Australia).- Chapter 2 Ruby Payne-Scott - the Early Years: 1912-1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University.- Chapter 3 Woodlands Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Glenelg (Adelaide).- Chapter 4 Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO.- Chapter 5 War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL.- Chapter 6 Payne-Scott - the first woman radio astronomer and the transition to peacetime - 1944-1945.- Chapter 7 Payne-Scott at Dover Heights 1945-1947 - Discovery of Type I, II and III Solar Bursts and the Introduction of Fourier Synthesis in Astronomy.- Chapter 8 Hornsby 1948 - Type III Bursts Revealed
- Conflicts with Bolton.- Chapter 9 Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949-1951 - Movies of the outward motions of solar outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer.- Chapter 10 Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952 - her last experience as a radio astronomer.- Chapter 11 Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as told by Friends and Colleagues.- Chapter 12 A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall.- Chapter 13 Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.- CHAPTER 14 Danebank School 1963-1974
- the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures. Chapter 15 The End of Payne-Scott's Life - A Retrospective.- Chapter 16 Epilogue - Why did we write this book ?.- Appendices.
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