Fallout [[electronic resource] ] : Hedley Marston and the British bomb tests in Australia / / Roger Cross

• Autore: Cross Roger
• Pubblicazione: Kent Town, S. Aust., : Wakefield Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.17/99/0994238
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear weapons - Australia; Nuclear weapons - Great Britain; Nuclear weapons - Testing; Radioactive fallout - Australia - Maralinga (S. Aust.); Radioactive pollution - Australia - South Australia - Marlinga
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Fallout; Author bio; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 - The Grand Game; 2 - A Man Not To Be Trifled With; 3 - The Die Is Cast; 4 - Monte Bello; 5 - Serious Business; 6 - Rising Anger; 7 - Rancour; 8 - Marston's Report; 9 - Marston Versus Titterton; 10 - A War Of Words; 11 - Epilogue; Notes; Preface; 1 - The Grand Game; 2 - A Man Not To Be Trifled With; 3 - The Die is Cast; 4 - Monte Bello; 5 - Serious Business; 6 - Rising Anger; 7 - Rancour; 8 - Marston's Report; 9 - Marston Versus Titterton; 10 - A War Of Words; 11 - Epilogue ; Appendix - British Atomic Weapons Tests in AustraliaAcknowledgements; Bibliography; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Fallout' is the true story of a celebrated Australian scientist's involvement in the 1956 British atomic bomb tests. Contrary to official pronouncements, radioactive fallout was blowing across the country, contaminating towns and communities, including Adelaide. Cross tells a story that makes us ask the alarming question: could we be fooled again?
• Titolo autorizzato: Fallout
• ISBN: 1-74305-092-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450123503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II