Goss / McGee Under the Radar

The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-642-03141-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 354 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goss, M

McGee, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;7
2;Preface;9
2.1;Ruby Payne-Scott (1912–1981): Remarkable Scientist and Champion for Women’s Rights;9
3;Contents;18
4;Chapter 1 Introduction: The Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott – 28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney, Australia);21
5;Chapter 2 Ruby Payne-Scott: the Early Years: 1912–1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University;31
5.1;Ruby Payne-Scott’s Paternal Ancestors in the UK;31
5.2;Emigration to Australia by Hubert and Agnes Scott;32
5.3;Ruby’s Early Childhood;36
5.4;Secondary School Education: Sydney;38
5.5;Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Sydney;42
5.6;Master of Science and the Cancer Research Committee at The University of Sydney;43
6;Chapter 3 Woodlands School, AWA, New Career Opportunities for Women in World War II;47
6.1;Woodlands Church of England Girls’ grammar School, Glenelg (Adelaide);47
6.2;Amalgamated Wireless Australasia: 1939–1941;50
6.3;New Career Opportunities for Australian Women, World War II;52
6.4;Endnotes for Chap. 3: Woodlands School;54
7;Chapter 4 Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO;56
7.1;Payne-Scott Joins the Radiophysics Laboratory;56
7.2;1941–1946, Permanent Employment During the War;58
7.3;Transition from CSIR to CSIRO; Discovery by CSIRO of Marriage of 1944;61
7.4;Payne-Scott’s Resignation in July 1951;66
8;Chapter 5 War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL;69
9;Chapter 6 Payne-Scott – The First Woman Radio Astronomer and the Transition to Peacetime – 1944–1945;83
9.1;Propagation Committee of the Radiophysics Laboratory: 1944–1954;83
9.2;Neophyte Radio Astronomer: Ruby Payne-Scott;84
9.3;Post War Activities at RPL, 1945: How This Affected the Role of Payne-Scott;87
9.4;RPL’s First Observations of Solar Noise: Role of Payne-Scott;92
9.5;The First Summary Paper in Radio Astronomy, December 1945” Author, Payne-Scott;94
9.6;Symposium on Radar, 5–7 December 1945: Payne-Scott was Present;96
10;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
10.1;The Collaroy Campaign, October 1945: First Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia;100
10.2;Ground-Breaking Developments in Solar Noise Research and Techniques of Interferometry: February 1946, Dover Heights;109
10.3;Payne-Scott as Solo Scientist at Dover Height, July–August 1946; Payne-Scott’s Absence from RPL, Late 1946;126
10.4;The Behemoth Type II Burst of March 1947: Payne-Scott, Yabsley and Bolton Observe an Amazing Event;135
10.5;Payne-Scott Winds Down at Dover Heights: Late 1947;141
10.6;Ionospheric Refraction from Dover Heights - Payne-Scott and McCready 1946;143
10.7;Pawsey’s Assessment of the Impact of the Solar Noise Group, 1946–1947;145
11;Chapter 8 Hornsby 1948: Type III Bursts Revealed; Conflicts with Bolton;146
11.1;Payne-Scott has Doubts at Hornsby: Advice from Pawsey;154
11.2;The Publication of the Hornsby Observations;157
11.3;Cambridge: Collaboration and Controversy;162
11.4;The Burgess Experiment: Payne-Scott at Hornsby;167
12;Chapter 9 Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949–1951: Movies of the Outward Motions of Solar Outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer;170
12.1;Payne-Scott’s Career in Turmoil 1948; Choice of the Swept-Lobe Interferometer Site;170
12.2;Engineering and Scientific Planning for the Potts Hill Swept-Lobe Interferometer;176
12.3;Early Testing of the 97 MHz Interferometer;180
12.4;Publication of the Results at 97 MHz: Paper I, the Instrument;185
12.5;Paper II, Noise Storms (Type I);189
12.6;Paper III, Outbursts (Type IV);193
12.7;Collaboration with Chris Christiansen;199
13;Chapter 10 Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer;201
14;Chapter 11 Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as Told by Friends and Colleagues;215
14.1;Joan Jelly, ne´e Freeman (1918–1998);215
14.2;K. Rachel Makinson, ne´e White (1917–);217
14.3;Harry C. Minnett (1917–2003) (Chief of RPL, 1978–1981);220
14.4;Professor B.Y. Mills (1920–);221
14.5;Wilbur Norman “Chris” Christiansen (1913–2007);222
14.6;Elizabeth (“Betty”) Kate Hall, ne´e Hurley (1919–);224
14.7;O. Bruce Slee (1924–);228
14.8;Gordon J. Stanley (1921–2001);230
14.9;Lyn Brown (1918–);230
15;Chapter 12 A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall;233
15.1;Bill Hall;233
15.2;Sydney Bush Walkers;235
15.3;Bill Hall, the Father;238
15.4;Peter Hall: Mathematician;239
15.5;Fiona Hall: Artist;245
16;Chapter 13 Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation;253
17;Chapter 14 Danebank School 1963–1974; the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures;262
18;Chapter 15 The End of Payne-Scott’s Life: A Retrospective;266
18.1;Last Years;266
18.2;The Character of Ruby Payne-Scott;269
18.3;Ruby Payne-Scott’s Passions;270
18.4;Ruby Payne-Scott’s Legacy; Why Did She Not Return to RPL in the 1960s?;271
19;Chapter 16 Epilogue: Why Did We Write This Book?;275
20;Appendix;278
20.1;Appendix A;278
20.2;Appendix B;287
20.3;Appendix C;289
20.4;Appendix D;294
20.5;Appendix E;299
20.6;Appendix F;306
20.7;Appendix G;314
20.8;Appendix H;319
20.9;Appendix I;324
20.10;Appendix J;326
20.11;Appendix K;332
20.12;Appendix L;335
20.13;Appendix M;339
20.14;Appendix N;342
21;Bibliography: S82–also found in the historical collection of radio astronomy papers by Sullivan (1982);347
22;Index;357