Tuxedo Park
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Tuxedo Park
Jennet Conant
5 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2009–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
Covers the invention of radar, "big science", involvement in the Manhattan project.
The book is the biography of Alfred Lee Loomis, a tycoon that played an important role in World War II and somehow did not received the deserved acknowledgement.
It is an interesting book for a technical audience, mainly for electronics engineers and physicist, because the main character was involved in lots of breakthroughs during his lifetime.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things 2025 · 3 recommendations
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Favorite true story tech book? 2009 · 1 recommendation