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- ISBN
- 0684872889
- Book Title
- Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Science, History
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, History, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 12.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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The Untold Story of the American Entrepreneur Who Helped Build the Atomic Bomb and Defeat the Nazis.Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century -- Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others -- at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb.Jennet Conant, the granddaughter of James Bryant Conant, one of the leading scientific advisers of World War II, enjoyed unprecedented access to Loomis' papers, as well as to people intimately involved in his life and work. She pierces through Loomis' obsessive secrecy and illuminates his role in assuring the Allied victory.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684872889
ISBN-13
9780684872889
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2301239
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, History, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, History
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qc16.L647
Edition Description
Reprint
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Timothy FerrisJennet Conant's Tuxedo Park illuminates an important but little-known chapter in American science, and does it with a deft, knowing touch that brings it to life., Timothy Ferris Jennet Conant's Tuxedo Park illuminates an important but little-known chapter in American science, and does it with a deft, knowing touch that brings it to life., Jonathan YardleyThe Washington PostRemarkable...the story of a genuinely extraordinary man [told] uncommonly well., The Washington Post Book World The story of how radar made its passage from the drawing board into the cockpits of Allied fighter planes is incredibly dramatic, and Jennet Conant tells it uncommonly well., Kurt VonnegutA brilliant account of the all but vanished reputation of an amateur physicist who became a friend and peer of the greatest scientists of his time., Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post Remarkable...the story of a genuinely extraordinary man [told] uncommonly well., The Wall Street JournalUnderstanding just how America wins wars is a pressing task these days, which makes the story of Alfred Loomis especially timely -- and instructive....[His] remarkable story is being told now only thanks to Ms. Conant, a journalist who combines a graceful writing style with her own family connections to his secretive life., Kurt Vonnegut A brilliant account of the all but vanished reputation of an amateur physicist who became a friend and peer of the greatest scientists of his time., Timothy FerrisJennet Conant'sTuxedo Parkilluminates an important but little-known chapter in American science, and does it with a deft, knowing touch that brings it to life., The Wall Street Journal Understanding just how America wins wars is a pressing task these days, which makes the story of Alfred Loomis especially timely -- and instructive....[His] remarkable story is being told now only thanks to Ms. Conant, a journalist who combines a graceful writing style with her own family connections to his secretive life.
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-021001
Dewey Decimal
530/.092/274731 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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- Aug 12, 2019
You have to like history. It is not an easy read but very informative and worth reading to someone interested in the development of microwave, radar
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- Jul 06, 2021
If you like Nikola Tesla, you will be blown away by this guy, Alfred Loomis
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- Apr 06, 2021
The most important American of the 20th century that most people never heard of.
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Great read for the science enthusiast
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