Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shaped the modern world

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,...