Under the Radar Book Launch
25 November 2009
Under the Radar is the biography written by Professor Miller Goss and Dr Richard McGee, of Ruby Payne-Scott (1912-1981), a graduate in Physics from the University of Sydney in 1936 who became the world's first female radio astronomer. Hired in 1941 by the Radiophysics Laboratory of the then Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) she was part of an Australian team that developed a means of measuring radio emissions from the sun, a breakthrough which would lead to the construction of sophisticated radio telescopes. Secretly married to a colleague her extraordinary career was cut short by pregnancy and forced retirement. Ruby Payne-Scott was not only a brilliant pioneering radio physicist but also an outspoken advocate for women's rights. Her two children, artist, Fiona Hall and mathematician, Professor Peter Hall, will be at the launch along with author Professor Miller Goss.
Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Location: The Great Hall, Main Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus
Cost: FREE. Under the Radar is on sale at launch
Contact: Alison Muir
Phone: +61 2 9036 5194
Email: 2b541f5a3d257427504d0031533f6112211a35624e3d0f7c252f
More info: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au