Fallout! - Hedley Marston and the British Bomb Tests in Australia (Paperback, illustrated edition)

In the 1950s the Australian government agreed to let the British government test atomic bombs in South Australia's deserts. Prime Minister Menzies was flattered to be needed by "the mother country" and the rise of the science of physics and the power of atomic weapons was irresistible. The Australian public was assured that there was no risk from radioactive fallout, but one man wasn't satisfied. Biochemist Hedley Marston believed himself the only person qualified to assess the risk to biological organisms from radioactive fallout. His experiments proved that the government's Safety Committee were telling lies. Fallout is the story of a government desperate for prestige and one man willing to risk everything to expose the danger of radioactive fallout.

General

Imprint:	Wakefield Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	May 2001
Authors:	Roger Cross
Dimensions:	210 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86254-523-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-86254-523-5
Barcode:	9781862545236

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