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

By W.M. Goss

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642357512
• ISBN13: 9783642357510
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"