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

Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells the story of physicist Mark Oliphant and medical researcher Howard Florey, two Australian scientists who 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 scienti...