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Under the Radar The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott

:	Miller Goss, Richard McGee
:	Under the Radar The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642031410
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:	CHF 132.50
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:	Astronomie
:	English

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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.

	Foreword	7
	Preface	9
	Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 1981): Remarkable Scientist and Champion for Women s Rights	9
	Contents	18
	Chapter 1 Introduction: The Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott 28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney, Australia)	21
	Chapter 2 Ruby Payne-Scott: the Early Years: 1912 1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University	31
	Ruby Payne-Scott s Paternal Ancestors in the UK	31
	Emigration to Australia by Hubert and Agnes Scott	32
	Ruby s Early Childhood	36
	Secondary School Education: Sydney	38
	Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Sydney	42
	Master of Science and the Cancer Research Committee at The University of Sydney	43
	Chapter 3 Woodlands School, AWA, New Career Opportunities for Women in World War II	47
	Woodlands Church of England Girls grammar School, Glenelg (Adelaide)	47
	Amalgamated Wireless Australasia: 1939 1941	50
	New Career Opportunities for Australian Women, World War II	52
	Endnotes for Chap. 3: Woodlands School	54
	Chapter 4 Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO	56
	Payne-Scott Joins the Radiophysics Laboratory	56
	1941 1946, Permanent Employment During the War	58
	Transition from CSIR to CSIRO	Discovery by CSIRO of Marriage of 1944
	Payne-Scott s Resignation in July 1951	66
	Chapter 5 War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL	69
	Chapter 6 Payne-Scott The First Woman Radio Astronomer and the Transition to Peacetime 1944 1945	83
	Propagation Committee of the Radiophysics Laboratory: 1944 1954	83
	Neophyte Radio Astronomer: Ruby Payne-Scott	84
	Post War Activities at RPL, 1945: How This Affected the Role of Payne-Scott	87
	RPL s First Observations of Solar Noise: Role of Payne-Scott	92
	The First Summary Paper in Radio Astronomy, December 1945 Author, Payne-Scott	94
	Symposium on Radar, 5 7 December 1945: Payne-Scott was Present	96
	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	99
	The Collaroy Campaign, October 1945: First Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia	100
	Ground-Breaking Developments in Solar Noise Research and Techniques of Interferometry: February 1946, Dover Heights	109
	Payne-Scott as Solo Scientist at Dover Height, July August 1946	Payne-Scott s Absence from RPL, Late 1946
	The Behemoth Type II Burst of March 1947: Payne-Scott, Yabsley and Bolton Observe an Amazing Event	135
	Payne-Scott Winds Down at Dover Heights: Late 1947	141
	Ionospheric Refraction from Dover Heights - Payne-Scott and McCready 1946	143
	Pawsey s Assessment of the Impact of the Solar Noise Group, 1946 1947	145
	Chapter 8 Hornsby 1948: Type III Bursts Revealed	Conflicts with Bolton
	Payne-Scott has Doubts at Hornsby: Advice from Pawsey	154
	The Publication of the Hornsby Observations	157
	Cambridge: Collaboration and Controversy	162
	The Burgess Experiment: Payne-Scott at Hornsby	167
	Chapter 9 Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949 1951: Movies of the Outward Motions of Solar Outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer	170
	Payne-Scott s Career in Turmoil 1948	Choice of the Swept-Lobe Interferometer Site
	Engineering and Scientific Planning for the Potts Hill Swept-Lobe Interferometer	176
	Early Testing of the 97 MHz Interferometer	180
	Publication of the Results at 97 MHz: Paper I, the Instrument	185
	Paper II, Noise Storms (Type I)	189
	Paper III, Outbursts (Type IV)	193
	Collaboration with Chris Christiansen	199
	Chapter 10 Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer	201
	Chapter 11 Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as Told by Friends and Colleagues	215
	Joan Jelly, ne´e Freeman (1918 1998)	215
	K. Rachel Makinson, ne´e White (1917 )	217
	Harry C. Minnett (1917 2003) (Chief of RPL, 1978 1981)	220
	Professor B.Y. Mills (1920 )	221
	Wilbur Norman Chris Christiansen (1913 2007)	222
	Elizabeth ( Betty ) Kate Hall, ne´e Hurley (1919 )	224
	O. Bruce Slee (1924 )	228
	Gordon J. Stanley (1921 2001)	230
	Lyn Brown (1918 )	230
	Chapter 12 A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall	233
	Bill Hall	233
	Sydney Bush Walkers	235
	Bill Hall, the Father	238
	Peter Hall: Mathematician	239
	Fiona Hall: Artist	245
	Chapter 13 Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation	253
	Chapter 14 Danebank School 1963 1974	the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures
	Chapter 15 The End of Payne-Scott s Life: A Retrospective	266
	Last Years	266
	The Character of Ruby Payne-Scott	269
	Ruby Payne-Scott s Passions	270
	Ruby Payne-Scott s Legacy	Why Did She Not Return to RPL in the 1960s?
	Chapter 16 Epilogue: Why Did We Write This Book?	275
	Appendix	278
	Appendix A	278
	Appendix B	287
	Appendix C	289
	Appendix D	294
	Appendix E	299
	Appendix F	306
	Appendix G	314
	Appendix H	319
	Appendix I	324
	Appendix J	326
	Appendix K	332
	Appendix L	335
	Appendix M	339
	Appendix N	342
	Bibliography: S82 also found in the historical collection of radio astronomy papers by Sullivan (1982)	347
	Index	357