Rocks, Radio and Radar

The Extraordinary Scientific, Social and Military Life of Elizabeth Alexander

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Mary Harris ISBN: 9781786346667
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: May 13, 2019
Imprint: WSPC (EUROPE) Language: English
Author: Mary Harris
ISBN: 9781786346667
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: May 13, 2019
Imprint: WSPC (EUROPE)
Language: English

Many women scientists, particularly those who did crucial work in two world wars, have disappeared from history. Until they are written back in, the history of science will continue to remain unbalanced. This book tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneering scientist who changed thinking in geology and radio astronomy during WWII and its aftermath.

Building on an unpublished diary, recently declassified government records and archive material adding considerably to knowledge about radar developments in the Pacific in WWII, this book also contextualises Elizabeth's academic life in Singapore before the war, and the country's educational and physical reconstruction after it as it moved towards independence.

This unique story is a must-read for readers interested in scientific, social and military history during the WWII, historians of geology, radar, as well as scientific biographies.

Contents:

  • Foreword
  • About the Author
  • List of Plates
  • List of Maps
  • Introduction: The Origins of this Book
  • Family Connexions
  • From Patna to Cambridge
  • Singapore: Geology and a Globe
  • New Zealand Revelations 1940
  • Singapore: War and the Military
  • New Zealand: A New Life
  • New Zealand: A Life Scientific
  • Singapore: Disaster, Death and Survival
  • Singapore: Revival and Rebirth
  • Nigeria's First University
  • A Disappearance from History
  • Index

Readership: General readers, historians, people interested in the history of geology and radar.
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Many women scientists, particularly those who did crucial work in two world wars, have disappeared from history. Until they are written back in, the history of science will continue to remain unbalanced. This book tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneering scientist who changed thinking in geology and radio astronomy during WWII and its aftermath.

Building on an unpublished diary, recently declassified government records and archive material adding considerably to knowledge about radar developments in the Pacific in WWII, this book also contextualises Elizabeth's academic life in Singapore before the war, and the country's educational and physical reconstruction after it as it moved towards independence.

This unique story is a must-read for readers interested in scientific, social and military history during the WWII, historians of geology, radar, as well as scientific biographies.

Contents:

Readership: General readers, historians, people interested in the history of geology and radar.
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