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Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War IIThe 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. Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others at his state of
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. Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century--Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others--at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s. 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.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 05/06/2003
ISBN: 9780684872889
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.96d
Review Citations: Business Week 06/30/2003 pg. 20
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Size: 6.5 Big Kid, Color: Navy/Peel
My a likes the fit. Says they’re comfortable, lines the color.
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My son destroys shoes, same thing happened here.
Size: 5 Big Kid, Color: Black
For some reason my son started doing the duck walk at school and while performing this little trick for his classmates he ripped the rubber that wraps over top the toe. Now, instead of being glued up and into place, its basically sagging down. Thankfully that's the only thing that's gone wrong with these and honestly this sort of wear and tear is not typical. What I would say is that if your child is rough on shoes, I would pass on these. They are very nice, very light weight and are great for school. However, due to the design, they might not best good for some kids.
In terms of sizing and comfort, my son wears a 5 and these fit him very well. He has wide feet like his dad, and these don't bother him at all. He's says they're very comfortable and does enjoy wearing them.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Buen producto
Size: 4.5 Wide Big Kid, Color: Navy/Blue
Recomendado, acorde a la talla y muy cómodos para correr.
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Comfortable Girls shoes
Size: 3 Wide Little Kid, Color: Pink
Cute and came as expected. Daughter loved them.
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Amazing shoes!
Size: 5 Wide Big Kid, Color: Black/Pink
Runs true to size .Fits wide feet and they look amazing. They're also splash proof.They also have amazing grip.Overall amazing shoes highly recommend.
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