George Fabyan: The Tycoon Who Broke Ciphers, Ended Wars, Manipulated Sound, Built a Levitation Machine, and Organized the Modern Rese

The rich are different, but George Fabyan was unique among millionaires. This Gilded Age tycoon sponsored and inspired a "community of thinkers" who changed how we wage wars and keep secrets, how we transmit sound and design buildings, and how we stimulate scientific advances. Fabyan created perhaps the first independent research center, laid the foundation for the top-secret National Security Agency, and even helped end World War I by breaking German codes, capturing foreign terrorists, and developing more effective trench mortars.

Author: Richard Munson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781490345628
ISBN10: 1490345620
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General

About the Author
Richard Munson is the author of "From Edison to Enron," a history of the electricity industry; "The Cardinals of Capitol Hill," a behind-the-scenes look at congressional appropriators; and "Cousteau: The Captain and His World," a biography of the undersea explorer.

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