[time-nuts] Shortt Clock Recent Measurements (Brooke Clarke)

[DaveH]

A second on the book. Wonderful read. His method for cleaning out an optical
interferometer was delightful.

Also, the 'standard' formal evening dress in that community became what we
now know as the Tuxedo.

Dave

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> (Brooke Clarke)
> 
> It is not surprising that one can find little about Alfred 
> Loomis. He was notoriously publicity shy and never gave 
> interviews. Before his death he had much of research material 
> disposed of. However the private lab he created at Tuxedo 
> Park NY. was a gathering place for all of the key scientists 
> of his time. He used his considerable fortune to fund the 
> research of promising scientists. If anything was hot in 
> physics in the 30's and early 40's he was there. For example 
> he is in a photo taken at the early Berkley Summer Study 
> where the greats in physics gathered to determine the 
> feasibility of the A-Bomb.
> 
> He was probably the last of the great "Gentleman Scientists".
> 
> A great read is "Tuxedo Park...." by Jennet Conant (yep of 
> the same family) first published in 2002.  I read a borrowed 
> copy then.  And with all the discussion about him, I recalled 
> the book. I tried Amazon and just got a Kindle edition. (The 
> amazon listing mentions Oppenheimer, but the book is all 
> about Loomis). Read the reviews if interested.