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Making Waves The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer /
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)....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | Astronomers' Universe,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.