Oliphant
the australian genius who developed radar and showed oppenheimer how to build the bomb
$33.05
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Oliphant: The Australian Physicist Behind the Atomic Bomb
‘Genius, complex, authentic - Roland Perry captures all the essential characteristics of this globally recognised Australian who was influenced by the giants of science and then became one himself.’ Dr Matt Agnew
6 August 1945: the United States launches the world’s first nuclear attack on Japan. J. Robert Oppenheimer will be remembered as the father of the bomb, but it was Australian physicist Sir Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761472190 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761472194 |
| Author: | Roland Perry |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 412g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
About The Author
Roland Perry
Roland Perry OAM is one of Australia’s best-known authors. He has written 41 books, many of them bestsellers, including Monash: The outsider who won the war, The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History, and The Australian Light Horse.
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