Under the radar :
by Goss, W. M.
Series: Astrophysics and space science library ; | Astrophysics and space science library ; . 363 Published by : Springer, (Berlin ;) Physical details: xxi, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9783642031403 (hardcover : alk. paper); 3642031404 (hardcovcer : alk. paper); 9783642031410 (eISBN); 3642031412 (eISBN). Year: 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
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 swept-lobe interferometer -- Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: her last experience as a radio astronomer -- Reminiscences and anecdote 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?
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