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Brett Mason reveals how two childhood friends from Adelaide, medical researcher Howard Florey and physicist Mark Oliphant 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 scientific discovery, Wizards of Oz tells a remarkable tale of secret missions, international intrigue, and triumph against all odds. Mason tells how Oliphant and Florey were also instrumental in convincing a reluctant United States to develop and deploy these three breakthrough…

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