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Making Waves

The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer

Autor: W. Miller Goss
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Carte broșată
Editura: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Disponibilitate: În depozitul extern
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This book is an abbreviated, partly re-written version of "Under the Radar - The First Woman in Radi...

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Autor
W. Miller Goss
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2013
Pagini
262
EAN
9783642357510
ISBN
3642357512
Enbook ID
05281543
Editura
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Greutate
430
Dimensiuni
171 x 236 x 16

Descriere completă

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). As the first female radio astronomer (and one of the first people in the world to consider radio astronomy), she made classic contributions to solar radio physics. §She also played a major role in the design of the Australian government's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research radars, which were in turn of vital importance in the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II. These radars were used by military personnel from Australia, the United States and New Zealand. From a sociological perspective, her career offers many examples of the perils of being a female academic in the first half of the 20th century. §Written in an engaging style and complemented by many historical photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the beginnings of radio astronomy and the role of a pioneering woman in astronomy. To set the scene, the first colourfully illustrated chapter presents an overview of solar astrophysics and the tools of the radio astronomer.§From the reviews of Under the Radar : This is a beautifully-researched, copiously-illustrated and well-written book that tells us much more than the life of one amazing female radio astronomer. It also provides a profile on radar developments during WWII and on Australia s pre-eminent place in solar radio astronomy in the years following WWII. Under the Radar is compelling reading, and if you have taken the time to read right through this review then it certainly belongs on your bookshelf! (Wayne Orchiston, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, March, 2010)

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