Under the Radar The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Goss, W. M. (Editor), McGee, Richard X. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 363
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Electrical engineering.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Electrical Engineering.

This is the biography of Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 to 1981). As the first female radio astronomer (and one of the first people in the world to consider radio astronomy), she made classic contributions to solar radio physics. She also played a major role in the design of the Australian government's...