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Hedy's folly : the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world / Richard Rhodes.

Author: Rhodes, Richard, 1937-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2011.

ISBN: 9780385534383 (hbk.)
0385534388 (hbk.)
9780385534390 (ebk.)
0385534396 (ebk.)

Description: ix, 261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.
Antheil, George, 1900-1959.
Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.
Spread spectrum communications.

Contents: 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!

Summary: Describes the life and lesser-known technological talents of actress Hedy Lamarr and her collaborative work with avant-garde composer George Antheil that eventually led to the development of spread-spectrum radio, cell phones, and GPS systems.

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