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

by W.M. Goss

Book Overview

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...

• 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"