{"product_id":"fallout-roger-cross-9781862545236","title":"Fallout: Hedley Marston and the atomic bomb tests in Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFallout\u003c\/em\u003e is the strange but true story of a celebrated Australian scientist's involvement in the 1956 British atomic bomb tests. Hedley Marston, an idol with his own feet of clay, was determined not only to reveal official lies and chicanery, but to expose as charlatans the Australian scientists who were appointed to protect the nation from any possible harm. Contrary to official pronouncements, radioactive fallout was blowing across the country and contaminating many towns and communities, including Marston's beloved Adelaide. The dispute that ensued was perhaps the most acrimonious in the history of Australian science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFallout \u003c\/em\u003etells us much about the nature of science and our society. It is about science in service of the bomb, and in service of self. Roger Cross tells a story that must make us ask the alarming question: could we be fooled again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1862545235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781862545236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Roger Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159445532927,"sku":"9781862545236","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4fd63f36-541a-4451-bc4d-fbf531ee3244.jpg?v=1689082650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fallout-roger-cross-9781862545236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}