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Under the Radar - The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2010, Corr. 3rd printing 2010)
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Under the Radar - The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2010, Corr. 3rd printing 2010)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 363
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It is rare for a complete biography of an Australian scientist,
particularly of an Australian woman scientist, to be published. It
is rarer for such a book to be co-authored by an American. Although
scientists have written discourses on the history of their
discipline, it is most unusual for a scientist to write a full
length biography of a colleague in his ?eld. It is also uncommon
for a man to write about an Australian woman scientist; most of the
work on Australian women scientists has been done by other women.
However, these authors, both distinguished researchers in the ?eld
of radio astr- omy, became so interested in the history of their
discipline and in the career of the pioneer radio astronomer Ruby
Payne-Scott that they spent some years bringing this book to
fruition. Until relatively recently, Ruby Payne-Scott had been the
only woman scientist mentioned brie?y in histories of Australian
science or of Australian radio astronomy. This book will be an
invaluable resource for anyone interested in these disciplines.
Being scientists themselves, the authors explain Payne-Scott's
scienti?c work in detail; therefore, the value and importance of
her contributions can, for the ?rst time, be recognised, not only
by historians but also by scientists.
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