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Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

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Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant

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Radar

Radar research in Sydney was spurred by World War II and produced air warning systems for Sydney, and innovative portable technology used throughout the Pacific.

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Physics

Oliphant, Mark

Physicist and humanitarian whose work with nuclear fusion was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb though he later abhorred its use in Japan and became a harsh critic of nuclear weapons.

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