Tuxedo Park

A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

De: Jennet Conant

Narrado por: John Kroft

This is the untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history.

In the late 1930s, legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the 20th century - Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others - at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb.

Jennet Conant, the granddaughter of James Bryant Conant, one of the leading scientific advisers of World War II, enjoyed unprecedented access to Loomis' papers, as well as to people intimately involved in his life and work. She pierces through Loomis' obsessive secrecy and illuminates his role in assuring the Allied victory.

©2002 Jennet Conant (P)2018 Tantor

Fantastic book, weak technical execution

Book is very interesting and unique.
Narrator is easy to listen to. But, their are quite a few mispronunciations and the editing is quite sloppy- odd timing and many occasions of the talent clearing his throat, etc. seems like the B team did the edit.

Mr. Loomis, WWII’s man behind the scene

Excellent biography of Alfred Loomis. Assuming the research is accurate, he was truly an American Patriot in the mold of our founding fathers.

Truly, amazing story!

This is such a great story, that every American should know about it. The contribution of Alfred Loomis cannot be understated.

Gets much better after the first chapter

Fascinating story of one of the lesser known persons to have a great impact on history.

One of the most interesting books!

The story line, the details, the technology, the history, the Loomis...all awesome! We'll done Jennet.