You're familiar with the idea of a stressed, unpaid intern running around with a million things to do, of course to include grabbing the boss's lunch and fancy coffee order? Okay, now imagine that, but in the 1940s. You’re literally inventing a whole new kind of astronomy, working on secret radar systems during World War II, and everyone’s like, “Oh, sorry, can you file these papers real quick?”, “Can u grab me a coffee?”

Today, we’re talking about Ruby Payne Scott, a physicist who helped invent radio astronomy, was often treated like an office assistant, and still managed to revolutionize how we look at the universe.

Sources

https://www.rahs.org.au/ruby-payne-scott-1912-1981/

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