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Copyright © 2002 by Jennet Conant All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

First Simon & Schuster paperback edition 2003

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Tuxedo Park : a Wall Street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of World War II / Jennet Conant.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887–1975. 2. Physicists—United States—Biography. 3. Atomic bomb—United States—History—20th century. 4. Research—New York (State)—Tuxedo Park—History—20th century. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Science—United States. I. Title.

QC16.L647 C66   2002

530'.0092'274731—dc21    2002021001 [B]

ISBN-13: 978-0-684-87287-2

ISBN-10:   0-684-87287-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-684-87288-9 (Pbk)

ISBN-10:   0-684-87288-9 (Pbk)

ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-6729-1 (ebook)