Hedy's folly : the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world / Richard Rhodes.
Describes the lesser-known technological talents of actress Hedy Lamarr and the collaborative work with avant-garde composer George Antheil that eventually led to the development of spread-spectrum radio, cell phones, and GPS systems.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385534383
- ISBN: 0385534388
- Physical Description: ix, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Hedy Lamarr, inventor -- A charming Austrian girl -- Bad boy of music -- Mechanisms -- Between times -- Leaving Fritz -- Cinemogling -- Frequency hopping -- Flashes of genius -- Red-hot apparatus -- O pioneers! |
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| Subject: | Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000. Actresses > United States > Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography. Spread spectrum communications. Telecommunication. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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