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

By:

Conant, Jennet, 1959- [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: İngilizce Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003Description: xvi, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0684872870
9780684872872
0684872889
9780684872889

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LOC classification:

QC16.L647 C66 2003

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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon / Main Collection	Merkez Kütüphane	Genel Koleksiyon	QC16.L647 C66 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0054003

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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