Tuxedo Park
by Jennet Conant
"A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II"
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Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant
Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Researcher
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
North America
Page Count:
426
Published Date:
2002
ISBN13:
9780684872872
Summary
Tuxedo Park tells the story of Alfred Lee Loomis, a wealthy Wall Street financier who transformed his private estate in New York into a secret scientific laboratory during the 1930s and 1940s. Loomis recruited top scientists to develop radar and other technologies crucial to the Allied victory in World War II. The book chronicles how this eccentric tycoon used his fortune and connections to advance scientific research, playing a pivotal but largely unknown role in America's war effort and the development of the atomic bomb.
