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Revision as of 10:21, 10 December 2009
Ray Norris is an astrophysicist and science communicator at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, and is best known for his work on Aboriginal Astronomy.
Early life
Ray Norris was born in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, England in 1953. He attended high school at St. Albans School and then went to Cambridge University, where he received an Honours degree in Theoretical Physics.
He then went to the Jodrell Bank Observatory of the University of Manchester where he received his PhD in radio-astronomy in 1978, working on astrophysical masers. At the same time, he started to develop an interest in the archaeoastronomy of Stonehenge and other megalithic observatories, and joined a group of students led by Clive Ruggles, and spent several years surveying the stone circles of the British Isles.
Career
He moved to Australia in 1983 to work for the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility. He was appointed as Head of Astrophysics in 1994, and Deputy Director in 2000. In 2001 he led the successful bid for Australian astronomy under the Australian Federal Government’s “Major National Research Facilities” program, and then became Director of the Australian Astronomy MNRF. In 2005 he resigned from management positions to return to research.
Aboriginal Astronomy
Norris is best known for his work on the astronomy of Aboriginal Australians [1], and is an Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. His work has featured in many radio and TV programs, including ABC TV's "Message Stick" [2] and ABC Radio National's "The First Astronomers" [3]
Sources
- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/
- http://science.uniserve.edu.au/faces/norris/norris.html
- http://www.emudreaming.com/about.htm
- Norris, R.P. & Hamacher, D.W., 2009,"The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture", Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 260
Rferences
- ^ Norris, R.P. & Hamacher, D.W., 2009,"The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture"
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s2730570.htm ABC TV Message Stick
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/artworks/stories/2009/2689180.htm ABC Radio National "The First Astronomers"