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Mark Oliphant [1901-2000] Australian
Rank: 110
Scientist, Former Governor of South Australia


Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant AC KBE FRS FAA was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of nuclear weapons.


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It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail.
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Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.
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I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.
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I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life.
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