Charles Alexander Shain (6 February 1922 – 11 February 1960) was an Australian pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.
Shain at the International Union of Radio Science conference, Sydney 1952
Shain entered the University of Melbourne in 1940, studying physics, where he won a non-resident Exhibition to Trinity College. In 1942, for his final year, he moved into residence at Trinity on a Council Minor Scholarship, graduating at the end of the year with a BSc.[1]
^"Obituaries", The Fleur-de-Lys, Nov. 1960, p. 35.
^"Charles Alexander Shain (obituary)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 1: 244. September 1960. Bibcode:1960QJRAS...1..244.
^"Shame about Shain! Early Australian radio astronomy at Hornsby Valley". ATFN News. Australia Telescope National Facility (55). Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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