Buch, Englisch, Band 363, 354 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 729 g
The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott
Buch, Englisch, Band 363, 354 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 729 g
Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
ISBN: 978-3-642-03140-3
Verlag: Springer
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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 the Swept-Lobe Interferometer.- Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer.- Reminiscences and Anecdotes 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?.