The Queer History of Physics
Glossary and Refrences
Definitions:
Queer:
Scientist:
Science:
Australia:
References:
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. Second Edition. New York: Routledge, 1999.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge. Translated by Robert Hurley. Penguin Classics, 2020.
Sullivan, Nikki. A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003.
Murdoch, Wayne., Marshall, Daniel, Willett, Graham, and Carr, Adam. Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne. 1st ed. Parkville, Vic.: Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives, 2011.
Willet, Graham., Bailey, Angela., Jones, Timothy W., and Rood, Sarah. A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects. 1st ed. Parkville, Vic.: Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives, 2021.
Turnbull, H. W., editor. The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume III 1688-1694. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961.
Walton, Eliot Jane. A History of Queerness in STEMM. (Forthcoming).
Ward, Colin. "Ruby Payne-Scott [1912-1981]", CSIROpedia , 23 Mar. 2011. URL: https://csiropedia.csiro.au/payne-scott-ruby/.
Halleck, Rebecca . "Overlooked No More: Ruby Payne-Scott, Who Explored Space With Radio Waves", New York Times, 29 Aug. 2018. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/obituaries/ruby-payne-scott-overlooked.html.
Heffernan, Elizabeth. "Ruby Payne-Scott (1912-1981)", Royal Australian Historical Society, 2 Feb. 2021. URL: https://www.rahs.org.au/ruby-payne-scott-1912-1981/.
Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Ryle, Martin. "Biographical", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/ryle/biographical/.
Hewish, Antony. "Biographical", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/hewish/biographical/.
Walsh, Louise. "Journeys of Discovery", University of Cambridge. URL: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/journeysofdiscovery-pulsars.
Kaplan, Sarah., and Frazan, Antonia Noori. "She made the discovery, but a man got the Nobel. A half-century later, she’s won a $3 million prize." Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2018. URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/08/she-made-discovery-man-got-nobel-half-century-later-shes-won-million-prize/.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "Press Release", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974, 15 Oct. 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/press-release/.
Pawsey, J., Payne-Scott, R. and McCready, L. Radio-Frequency Energy from the Sun. Nature 157, 158–159 (1946). URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/157158a0
Payne-Scott, R., Yabsley, D. and Bolton, J. Relative Times of Arrival of Bursts of Solar Noise on Different Radio Frequencies. Nature 160, 256–257 (1947). URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/160256b0.
McCready, L. L., Pawsey, J. L., and Payne-Scott, R. "Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sunspots," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences 190.1022 (1947): 357–375. URL: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1947.0081
Note: Martin Ryle wrote in 1952 “The relation between the magnitude of the varying component of power intercepted by an interferometer and the Fourier transform of the distribution across the source was first pointed out by McCready et al. (1947).”
From A New Radio Interferometer and its Application to the Observation of Weak Radio Stars, quoted in
Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Image Credits:
From left to right, top then bottom.
Photo of Private drag party in 1950s and 1960s.
Supplied by the Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives, reproduced from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). "What a drag! exhibition celebrates Melbourne's drag queen scene", ABC, 18 Jan. 2015; updated 20. Jan. 2015. URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-18/what-a-drag-exhibition-celebrates-melbournes-drag-scene/6023626.
Queer:
Scientist:
Science:
Australia:
References:
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. Second Edition. New York: Routledge, 1999.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge. Translated by Robert Hurley. Penguin Classics, 2020.
Sullivan, Nikki. A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003.
Murdoch, Wayne., Marshall, Daniel, Willett, Graham, and Carr, Adam. Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne. 1st ed. Parkville, Vic.: Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives, 2011.
Willet, Graham., Bailey, Angela., Jones, Timothy W., and Rood, Sarah. A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects. 1st ed. Parkville, Vic.: Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives, 2021.
Turnbull, H. W., editor. The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume III 1688-1694. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961.
Walton, Eliot Jane. A History of Queerness in STEMM. (Forthcoming).
Ward, Colin. "Ruby Payne-Scott [1912-1981]", CSIROpedia , 23 Mar. 2011. URL: https://csiropedia.csiro.au/payne-scott-ruby/.
Halleck, Rebecca . "Overlooked No More: Ruby Payne-Scott, Who Explored Space With Radio Waves", New York Times, 29 Aug. 2018. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/obituaries/ruby-payne-scott-overlooked.html.
Heffernan, Elizabeth. "Ruby Payne-Scott (1912-1981)", Royal Australian Historical Society, 2 Feb. 2021. URL: https://www.rahs.org.au/ruby-payne-scott-1912-1981/.
Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Ryle, Martin. "Biographical", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/ryle/biographical/.
Hewish, Antony. "Biographical", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/hewish/biographical/.
Walsh, Louise. "Journeys of Discovery", University of Cambridge. URL: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/journeysofdiscovery-pulsars.
Kaplan, Sarah., and Frazan, Antonia Noori. "She made the discovery, but a man got the Nobel. A half-century later, she’s won a $3 million prize." Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2018. URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/08/she-made-discovery-man-got-nobel-half-century-later-shes-won-million-prize/.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "Press Release", The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974, 15 Oct. 1974. URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/press-release/.
Pawsey, J., Payne-Scott, R. and McCready, L. Radio-Frequency Energy from the Sun. Nature 157, 158–159 (1946). URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/157158a0
Payne-Scott, R., Yabsley, D. and Bolton, J. Relative Times of Arrival of Bursts of Solar Noise on Different Radio Frequencies. Nature 160, 256–257 (1947). URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/160256b0.
McCready, L. L., Pawsey, J. L., and Payne-Scott, R. "Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sunspots," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences 190.1022 (1947): 357–375. URL: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1947.0081
Note: Martin Ryle wrote in 1952 “The relation between the magnitude of the varying component of power intercepted by an interferometer and the Fourier transform of the distribution across the source was first pointed out by McCready et al. (1947).”
From A New Radio Interferometer and its Application to the Observation of Weak Radio Stars, quoted in
Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Image Credits:
From left to right, top then bottom.
Photo of Private drag party in 1950s and 1960s.
Supplied by the Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives, reproduced from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). "What a drag! exhibition celebrates Melbourne's drag queen scene", ABC, 18 Jan. 2015; updated 20. Jan. 2015. URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-18/what-a-drag-exhibition-celebrates-melbournes-drag-scene/6023626.
Letter 346, Newton to Fatio De Duillier, 10 October 1689. Photocopy. From Turnbull, H. W., editor. The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume III 1688-1694. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961.
Letter 464, Fatio De Duillier to Newton, 11 April 1693. Photocopy. From Turnbull, H. W., editor. The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume III 1688-1694. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961.
Anne Lister's Diary
Lister, Anne. "20th August 1823", Diary Archives, developed by Helen Natasha Moore, produced by Sherry Thomas. Diaries decoded by Helena Whitbread. URL: https://www.annelister.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/anne-lister-diary-archive-1823-08-20.jpg.
Fragments of Sappho's Poetry:
Newitz, Annalee. "Software solves the mystery of a 2,500 year-old poem by Sappho", arsTechnaica 15 May, 2016. URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/software-solves-the-mystery-of-a-2500-year-old-poem-by-sappho/.
Copy of CISRO Memorandum:
Fig. 13.2., from Fig. 1. 1. From Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Photo of Ruby Payne-Scott:
Fig. 1. 1., rom Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Midsumma Carnival Coloured Bottles, 2020.
QueersInScience. "Photos from Our Past Events: Midsumma Carnival Coloured Bottles, 2020", image, on queersinscience.org.au. URL: https://queersinscience.org.au/my-state/victoria/.
Image of Sydney Opera House
QueersInScience. "New South Wales", image, on queersinscience.org.au. URL: https://queersinscience.org.au/my-state/new-south-wales/.
Anne Lister's Diary
Lister, Anne. "20th August 1823", Diary Archives, developed by Helen Natasha Moore, produced by Sherry Thomas. Diaries decoded by Helena Whitbread. URL: https://www.annelister.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/anne-lister-diary-archive-1823-08-20.jpg.
Fragments of Sappho's Poetry:
Newitz, Annalee. "Software solves the mystery of a 2,500 year-old poem by Sappho", arsTechnaica 15 May, 2016. URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/software-solves-the-mystery-of-a-2500-year-old-poem-by-sappho/.
Copy of CISRO Memorandum:
Fig. 13.2., from Fig. 1. 1. From Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Photo of Ruby Payne-Scott:
Fig. 1. 1., rom Goss, W. M., and McGee, Richard X. Under the Radar: The First Women in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Vol. 363. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2009. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-03141-0.
Midsumma Carnival Coloured Bottles, 2020.
QueersInScience. "Photos from Our Past Events: Midsumma Carnival Coloured Bottles, 2020", image, on queersinscience.org.au. URL: https://queersinscience.org.au/my-state/victoria/.
Image of Sydney Opera House
QueersInScience. "New South Wales", image, on queersinscience.org.au. URL: https://queersinscience.org.au/my-state/new-south-wales/.