Table of Contents

Introduction: The Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott – 28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney, Australia).- Ruby Payne-Scott: the Early Years: 1912–1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University.- Woodlands School, AWA, New Career Opportunities for Women in World War II.- Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO.- War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL.- Payne-Scott – The First Woman Radio Astronomer and the Transition to Peacetime – 1944–1945.- Payne-Scott at Dover Heights 1945–1947: Discovery of Type I, II and III Solar Bursts and the Introduction of Fourier Synthesis in Astronomy.- Hornsby 1948: Type III Bursts Revealed; Conflicts with Bolton.- Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949–1951: Movies of the Outward Motions of Solar Outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer.- Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer.- Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as Told by Friends and Colleagues.- A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall.- Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.- Danebank School 1963–1974; the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures.- The End of Payne-Scott’s Life: A Retrospective.- Epilogue: Why Did We Write This Book?.

Reviews

From the reviews:“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) “Under the Radar is a technically thorough biography of Ruby Payne-Scott, who had a remarkable career as a radio astronomer in Australia. … Goss (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, New Mexico) and McGee (CSIRO, Australia) are also radio astronomers. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals.” (M. Dickinson, Choice, Vol. 47 (9), May, 2010)“This detailed biography of Ruby Payne-Scott … one of the early pioneers in Sydney, is a welcome and scholarly addition to this growing body of work. … written in a style that would probably appeal more to radio astronomers with an interest in history … . The book concludes with a lengthy Appendix divided into fourteen sections covering a diverse range of subjects … .” (Peter Robertson, Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol. 22 (2), 2011)“Under the Radar, a biography of the first woman in radio astronomy … . The book Under the Radar is a much deserved look at her life and times, and is an extremely through look at her background, her family, and the astronomy and physics involved in her research, definitely one worth searching out!” (Astroguyz, April, 2012)