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Tuxedo Park
A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
By Jennet Conant
Simon & Schuster 330 pp. $26
Reviewed by Richard Di Dio
Philadelphia Inquirer - Sunday, July 21, 2002
An eccentric, fabulously wealthy scientist performs groundbreaking experiments on the nature of time in his stone castle and, after hosting a sumptuous feast for his colleagues and friends, forces his guests to participate in brain-wave experiments while hypnotized. Something out of H.G. Wells or Mary Shelley? No, a real scene from the life of Alfred Lee Loomis, the extraordinary American financier, scientist, and philanthropist who played a pivotal role in the development of radar and the creation of the Manhattan Project during World War II.
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