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050 0 0 _aQC16.L647
_bC66 2003
090 _aQC16.L647
_bC66 2003
100 1 _aConant, Jennet
_d1959-
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aTuxedo Park :
_ba Wall Street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of World War II /
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2003.
300 _axvi, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, of plates :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index
505 0 _aMap 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
520 _aWall 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
600 1 0 _aLoomis, Alfred L.
_q(Alfred Lee),
_d1887-1975
650 0 _aPhysicists
_zUnited States
_vBiography
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century
650 0 _aResearch
_zNew York (State)
_zTuxedo Park
_xHistory
_y20th century
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xScience
_zUnited States
655 7 _aBiography.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 _aBiographies.
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