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Tuxedo Park : a Wall Street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of World War II / Jennet Conant.

By: Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2002.Description: xvi, 330 pages, [16] pages, of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0684872870
  • 9780684872872
  • 0684872889
  • 9780684872889
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 530/.0092/274731 21
  • B 21
LOC classification:
  • QC16.L647 C66 2002
NLM classification:
  • 530.0092 C743t
Online resources:
Contents:
Map of Tuxedo Park -- The Patron -- Bred in the Bone -- The Power Broker -- Palace of Science -- Cash on the Barrel -- Restless Energy -- The Big Machine -- Echoes of War -- Precious Cargo -- The Blitz -- Minister Without Portfolio -- Last of the Great Amateurs.
Summary: Wall Street legend Alfred Lee Loomis, who once owned Hilton Head Island, was devoted to his hobby of science experiments in his mansion. During World War II, Loomis played a key role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) QC 16 .L647 C66 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31817

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.

Map of Tuxedo Park -- The Patron -- Bred in the Bone -- The Power Broker -- Palace of Science -- Cash on the Barrel -- Restless Energy -- The Big Machine -- Echoes of War -- Precious Cargo -- The Blitz -- Minister Without Portfolio -- Last of the Great Amateurs.

Wall Street legend Alfred Lee Loomis, who once owned Hilton Head Island, was devoted to his hobby of science experiments in his mansion. During World War II, Loomis played a key role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb.

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