Making Waves [E-Book] : The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer / by M Goss.
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)....
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| Personal Name(s): | Goss, M, author |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2013. |
| Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2013
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| Physical Description: |
XX, 262 pages 87 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783642357527 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-35752-7 |
| Series Title: |
Astronomers' Universe
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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.