04374nam 22007095 450 991064039980332120251008131243.010.1007/978-3-031-07916-0(CKB)5670000000612413(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96212(MiAaPQ)EBC7175611(Au-PeEL)EBL7175611(OCoLC)1363828567(DE-He213)978-3-031-07916-0(PPN)267809433(ODN)ODN0010070946(EXLCZ)99567000000061241320230110d2023 u| 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJoe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy Early Discoveries, from the Sun to the Cosmos /by W. M. Goss, Claire Hooker, Ronald D. Ekers1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 electronic resource (l, 815 pages) illustrationsHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,2509-31183-031-07916-7 Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Childhood -- Becoming a Scientist -- WWII 1939-1945 -- Hot Corona -- Quiet Leadership -- Towards a Bigger Science -- The Development of Understanding -- Death and Legacy -- Appendix.This open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia. The book explains how an isolated continent with limited resources grew to be one of the leaders in the study of radio astronomy and the design of instruments to do so. Pawsey made a name for himself in the international astronomy community within a decade after WWII and coined the term radio astronomy. His most valuable talent was his ability to recruit and support bright young scientists who became the technical and methodological innovators of the era, building new telescopes from the Mills Cross and Chris (Christiansen) Cross to the Parkes radio telescope. The development of aperture synthesis and the controversy surrounding the cosmological interpretation of the first major survey which resulted in the Sydney research group's disagreements with Nobel laureate Martin Ryle play major roles in this story. This book also shows the connections among prominent astronomers like Oort, Minkowski, Baade, Struve, famous scientists in the UK such as J.A. Ratcliffe, Edward Appleton and Henry Tizard, and the engineers and physicists in Australia who helped develop the field of radio astronomy. Pawsey was appointed the second Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank, West Virginia) in October 1961; he died in Sydney at the age of 54 in late November 1962. Upper level students, scientists and historians will find the information, much of it from primary sources, relevant to any study of Joseph L. Pawsey or radio astronomy. This is an open access book.Historical & Cultural Astronomy,2509-3118PhysicsHistoryAstronomyObservationsElectronic circuitsMeasurementMeasuring instrumentsHistory of Physics and AstronomyAstronomy, Observations and TechniquesElectronic Circuits and SystemsMeasurement Science and InstrumentationPhysicsHistory.AstronomyElectronic circuits.Measurement.Measuring instruments.History of Physics and Astronomy.Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.Electronic Circuits and Systems.Measurement Science and Instrumentation.509SCI004000SCI055000TEC008010TEC022000bisacshGoss W. M(William Miller)1275615Hooker Claire1339334Ekers R. 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The Protection of Children’s Rights -- The Child’s Life, Health and Development Rights -- The Child’s Right to Non-discrimination -- Child Law in the International Context: Exploitation, Abuse and The Limits of Labour Laws -- Child Law: Conflicts, Violence and Forced Displacement -- Concluding Thoughts: Progress in the Protection of the Child .Child Law starts with the question “Who is the Child?” In direct contrast to the CRC, which calls for putting the interests of the child first in all policies dealing with children, it appears that the interests of others are the major consideration de facto. In law, children’s right to protection is severely limited by the presence of a maximum age limit, with no consideration of the starting point: current and ongoing scientific research has demonstrated the effects of this non-consideration in a number of abnormalities and diseases, not only in children, but in adults and the elderly. The WHO has published a number of studies to that effect, and the 2012 Report on Endocrine Disruptors more than confirms this claim. This and other scientific insights that have largely been ignored show the flaws and inadequacies of the legal regimes intended to protect children, in a number of areas, from the basic public health to the right to normal development; child labor law conventions; in conflict situations; as a result of climate and other events; children as illegal migrants; and as inmates in prison camps.Human rightsChildrenAdolescencePolitical scienceHuman Rightshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19020Childhood, Adolescence and Societyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22090Philosophy of Lawhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E27000Human rights.Children.Adolescence.Political science.Human Rights.Childhood, Adolescence and Society.Philosophy of Law.323.352Westra Lauraauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut307484BOOK9910484060703321Child Law2852312UNINA