Title: Hedy's folly : the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world /
Authors: Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
Publisher: Doubleday,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Lamarr, Hedy,; Actresses United States Biography.; Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.; Spread spectrum communications.
Abstract: 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.
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!