Pasteur's Gambit
Louis Pasteur, the Australasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
A sensational episode in Australasian history that combined science, subterfuge, and scandal. The incredible, previously untold story of Australia’s role in the creation of the world-famous Pasteur Institute.
In 1887, the desperate NSW Government of Sir Henry Parkes advertised an international competition for a biological cure for the rabbit plague then ravaging the farms of Australia and New Zealand. The competition, with a prize equivalent to $10 million today, would attract 1500 en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741667035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1741667038 |
| Author: | Stephen Dando-Collins |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 452g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 154mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Stephen Dando-Collins
Stephen Dando-Collins is the author of the acclaimed Captain Bligh’s Other Mutiny. Pasteur’s Gambit was shortlisted for the science prize in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and won the Queensland Premier’s Science Award. Crack Hardy, his most personal history, received wide acclaim. Mistaken Identity tells another episode of previously undiscovered Australian history. Sir Henry Parkes- The Australian Colossus is a biography of Australia’s Father of Federation. He also writes about American and ancient Greek history, and his series about the legions of ancient Rome has found considerable success in the US, UK and Australia and been translated into numerous foreign languages. Stephen has also written several books for children and young adults including the Caesar the War Dog series, Tank Boys and Chance in a Million. Stephen and his wife, Louise, live and write in a former nunnery in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.
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