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
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nonfiction book → |
| aboutEvent |
World War II
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| aboutField |
engineering
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military technology → physics → |
| aboutPerson |
Alfred Lee Loomis
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| aboutPlace |
Tuxedo Park, New York
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| author |
Jennet Conant
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depicts |
collaboration between scientists and the U.S. military
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development of microwave radar → early nuclear research context → role of private wealth in scientific research → |
| focusesOn |
Alfred Lee Loomis's private laboratory
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secret research community of scientists → |
| genre |
history
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scientific biography → |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback → print → |
| hasSubject |
American physics community
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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
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| mainSubject |
Alfred Lee Loomis
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American scientific advances → Manhattan Project precursors → World War II scientific research → radar development → |
| narrativeStyle |
narrative nonfiction
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| portrays |
Alfred Lee Loomis as both financier and scientist
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| publicationYear |
2002
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| publisher |
Simon & Schuster
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| settingLocation |
Tuxedo Park, New York
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| timePeriodCovered |
World War II
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interwar period → |
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Tuxedo Park private laboratory
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