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Can I read Mad on Radium : New Zealand in the Atomic Age on EtoBox?
Mad on Radium : New Zealand in the Atomic Age by Priestley, Rebecca is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mad on Radium : New Zealand in the Atomic Age about?
In this engaging and accessible history, prize-winning author Rebecca Priestley reveals the alternative history of 'nuclear New Zealand' - a country where there was much enthusiasm for nuclear science and technology, from the first users of x-rays and radium in medicine; the young New Zealand physicists seconded to work on the Manhattan Project; support for the British bomb tests in the Pacific; plans for a heavy water plant at Wairakei; prospecting for uranium on the West Coast of the South Isl
Who reads Mad on Radium : New Zealand in the Atomic Age?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Priestley, Rebecca
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781869407582
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Science, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-16
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