Fallout [electronic resource] : Hedley Marston and the atomic bomb tests in Australia
Cross, Roger2012
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"""Fallout"" is the strange but true story of a celebrated Australian
scientist's involvement in the 1956 British atomic bomb tests. Hedley Marston,
an idol with his own feet of clay, was determined not only to reveal official
lies and chicanery, but to expose as charlatans the Australian scientists who
were appointed to protect the nation from any possible harm. Contrary to
official pronouncements, radioactive fallout was blowing across the country and
contaminating many towns and communities, including Marston's beloved Adelaide.
The dispute that ensued was perhaps the most acrimonious in the history of
Australian science. ""Fallout"" tells us much about the nature of science and
our society. It is about science in service of the bomb, and in service of self.
Roger Cross tells a story that must make us ask the alarming question: could we
be fooled again?"
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Author:
Cross, Roger, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : , 2012
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743050903
Language:
English
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428633
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