Person

Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912 - 1981)

Born
28 May 1912
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Died
25 May 1981
Occupation
Radio astronomer, Teacher and Physicist
Alternative Names
  • Hall, Ruby Violet (married name)

Summary

Ruby Payne-Scott was a pioneer of radio astronomy in Australia. She was a research fellow with the Cancer Research Committee, University of Sydney 1932-1935, an engineer with A.W.A. Ltd 1939-1941, with the CSIR Division of Radiophysics 1941-1951 and taught at Danebank Church of England School, Sydney 1963-1975.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Goss, W. M., Making Waves: the Story of Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer (New York: Springer, 2013), 262 pp. Details
  • Goss, William and McGee, Richard X., Under the Radar: the First Woman in Radio Astronomy, Ruby Payne Scott (Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2009), 375 pp. Details
  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Bygott, Ursula, 'Ruby Payne Scott (1912-1981) physicist' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details
  • Hooker, Claire and Goss, W. M., 'Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912-1981), physicist, radio astronomer and school teacher' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), p. 268. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/payne-scott-ruby-violet-15036. Details

Journal Articles

  • Goss, Miller, 'Ruby Payne-Scott: First Interferometry in Radio Astronomy: Australia Day 1946', ATNF news, 70 (2011), 11-4. Details
  • McCready, L. L., Pawsey, J. L. and Payne-Scott, R., 'Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sun spots', Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, 190 (1947), 357-75. Details
  • Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce and Burman, Ron, 'The Genesis of Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 9 (1) (2006), 35-56. Details
  • Pawsey, J. L., Payne Scott, R. and McCready. L. L., 'Radio-frequency energy from the sun', Nature, 157 (1946), 158-9. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

Reviews

  • Under the Radar: the First Woman in Radio Astronomy, Ruby Payne Scott
    Orchiston, Wayne, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 13, 85-6. Details
  • Goss, William and Mcgee, Richard X., Under the Radar: the First Woman in Radio Astronomy, Ruby Payne Scott (2009)
    Robertson, Peter, Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (2), (2011), 309-10, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11013. Details
  • Goss, William and Mcgee, Richard X., Under the Radar: the First Woman in Radio Astronomy, Ruby Payne Scott (2009)
    Trimble, Virginia, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 44, (2013), 222-3. Details

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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