Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II Paperback - 2003
by Conant, Jennet
- Used
The fascinating, little-known story of Alfred Loomis, a wealthy eccentric who bankrolled pioneering research into the radar detection system and the atomic bomb "reads like fiction . . . remarkable and remarkably told, as if F. Scott Fitzgerald had penned Batman" ("Kirkus Reviews"). of photos. 2 maps.
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- Title Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
- Author Conant, Jennet
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1ST
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
- Date 2003-05-06
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2420280-6
- ISBN 9780684872889 / 0684872889
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.96 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.44 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Library of Congress subjects Physicists - United States, Atomic bomb - United States - History - 20th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002021001
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Business Week, 06/30/2003, Page 20
