LEADER 04271nam 22006855 450 001 9910640399803321 005 20230110140123.0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-07916-0 035 $a(CKB)5670000000612413 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7175611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7175611 035 $a(OCoLC)1363828567 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-07916-0 035 $a(PPN)267809433 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000612413 100 $a20230110d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJoe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy$b[electronic resource] $eEarly Discoveries, from the Sun to the Cosmos /$fby W. M. Goss, Claire Hooker, Ronald D. Ekers 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 electronic resource (815 p.) 225 1 $aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-3118 311 $a3-031-07916-7 327 $aForeword -- 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. 330 $aThis open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia. The book explains how an isolated continent with limited resources grew to be one of the leaders in the study of radio astronomy and the design of instruments to do so. Pawsey made a name for himself in the international astronomy community within a decade after WWII and coined the term radio astronomy. His most valuable talent was his ability to recruit and support bright young scientists who became the technical and methodological innovators of the era, building new telescopes from the Mills Cross and Chris (Christiansen) Cross to the Parkes radio telescope. The development of aperture synthesis and the controversy surrounding the cosmological interpretation of the first major survey which resulted in the Sydney research group's disagreements with Nobel laureate Martin Ryle play major roles in this story. This book also shows the connections among prominent astronomers like Oort, Minkowski, Baade, Struve, famous scientists in the UK such as J.A. Ratcliffe, Edward Appleton and Henry Tizard, and the engineers and physicists in Australia who helped develop the field of radio astronomy. Pawsey was appointed the second Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank, West Virginia) in October 1961; he died in Sydney at the age of 54 in late November 1962. Upper level students, scientists and historians will find the information, much of it from primary sources, relevant to any study of Joseph L. Pawsey or radio astronomy. This is an open access book. 410 0$aHistorical & Cultural Astronomy,$x2509-3118 606 $aPhysics?History 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aElectronic circuits 606 $aMeasurement 606 $aMeasuring instruments 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques 606 $aElectronic Circuits and Systems 606 $aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation 615 0$aPhysics?History. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aElectronic circuits. 615 0$aMeasurement. 615 0$aMeasuring instruments. 615 14$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aElectronic Circuits and Systems. 615 24$aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation. 676 $a509 700 $aGoss$b W. M$01275615 701 $aHooker$b Claire$01339334 701 $aEkers$b Ronald D$01339335 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910640399803321 996 $aJoe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy$93060032 997 $aUNINA