Wizards of Oz, how Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world, Brett Mason
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Subject
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- Biographies
- Nuclear physics + History -- 20th century
- Penicillin + History
- Pathologists -- Australia -- Biography
- Pharmacologists -- Australia -- Biography
- Scientists -- Australia -- Biography
- Nuclear energy + History -- 20th century
- Oliphant, Mark, Sir, 1901-2000
- Nuclear physicists -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, Australian
- Physicists -- Australia -- Biography
- Australian National University -- Biography
- Nuclear fission + History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Science
- Atomic bomb + History
- Florey, Howard, Baron Florey, 1898-1968
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Wizards of Oz, how Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world, Brett Mason
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
portraitsplatesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Wizards of Oz
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Brett Mason
Sub title
how Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world
Summary
Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story. In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two childhood friends from Adelaide - physicist Mark Oliphant and medical researcher Howard Florey - initiated the three most significant scientific and industrial projects of the Second World War. Manufacturing penicillin, developing microwave radar and building the atomic bomb gave the Allies the edge and ultimate victory over Germany and Japan. More than just a story of scientific discovery, Wizards of Oz tells a remarkable tale of secret missions, international intrigue and triumph against all odds. Mason tells how Oliphant and Florey were also instrumental in convincing a reluctant United States to develop and deploy these three breakthrough inventions in time to change the course of the war. The two Australians not only helped win the war but shaped the peace, with their war-time contributions continuing to influence international politics and the health and wealth of nations. Oliphant and Florey emerge in Wizards of Oz as the two most consequential Australians of the Second World War - perhaps of all time
Target audience
adult
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