Making Waves: The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer (Astronomers' Universe)

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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). 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 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research radars, which were in turn of vital importance in the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II. These radars were used by �military personnel� from Australia, the United States and New Zealand. From a sociological perspective, her career offers many examples of the perils of being a female academic in the first half of the 20th century.

Written in an engaging style and complemented by many historical photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the beginnings of radio astronomy and the role of a pioneering woman in astronomy. To set the scene, the first colourfully illustrated chapter presents an overview of solar astrophysics and the tools of the radio astronomer.

From the reviews of “Under the Radar �:

� This is a beautifully-researched, copiously-illustrated and well-written book that tells us much more than the life of one amazing female radio astronomer. It also provides a profile on radar developments during WWII and on Australia’s pre-eminent place in solar radio astronomy in the years following WWII. Under the Radar is compelling reading, and if you have taken the time to read right through this review then it certainly belongs on your bookshelf!” (Wayne Orchiston, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, March, 2010)

Making Waves: The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer (Astronomers' Universe) Review

Ruby Payne-Scott was the subject of a Goggle Doodle of 28 May 2012, celebrating the 100 year anniversary of her birth date. "Making waves" tells her amazing story She was an electrical engineer who developed radar antennas during the second World War. After the war she transitioned to the premier Australian research institution, the CSIR Radio Physics Lab, where she made fundamental discoveries in the new field of radio astronomy by observing radio emissions from the sun in the VHF band. However, when she became pregnant the old-fashioned rules led to her loss of pension and resignation, and the effective end of her outstanding career.

The author Miller Goss has done prodigious research and many interviews over a period of years to illuminate Ruby's character. The book provides a revealing look of the employment difficulties faced by woman before the enlightenment of "woman's liberation" in the 1960's.

I highly recommend this book for its early history and photographs of radio astronomy in Australia and the description of the difficulties of a woman pursuing a career in science. The book has many pictures of early radio astronomy facilities and pioneers, and graphs and tables that explain the significance of Payne-Scott's work.

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