book "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant

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"Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant is a nonfiction book that chronicles the life of financier and scientist Alfred Lee Loomis and his secretive research community that played a pivotal role in American scientific advances before and during World War II.

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instanceOf biography
nonfiction book
aboutEvent World War II
aboutField engineering
military technology
physics
aboutPerson Alfred Loomis
surface form: Alfred Lee Loomis
aboutPlace Tuxedo Park, New York
author Jennet Conant
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts collaboration between scientists and the U.S. military
development of microwave radar
early nuclear research context
role of private wealth in scientific research
focusesOn Alfred Lee Loomis's private laboratory
secret research community of scientists
genre history
scientific biography
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
print
hasSubject American physics community
elite scientific networks in the United States
innovation in wartime
pre-war scientific mobilization in the U.S.
relationship between science, government, and industry
scientific secrecy
technology and national security
language English
mainSubject Alfred Loomis
surface form: Alfred Lee Loomis

American scientific advances
Manhattan Project precursors
World War II scientific research
radar development
narrativeStyle narrative nonfiction
portrays Alfred Lee Loomis as both financier and scientist
publicationYear 2002
publisher Simon & Schuster
settingLocation Tuxedo Park, New York
timePeriodCovered World War II
interwar period

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Tuxedo Park private laboratory documentedIn book "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant