Hedy's folly
Subtitle: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world
By: Richard Rhodes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780385534383; 9780385534390
Subjects: Actresses; Spread spectrum communications; Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hedy Lamarr, inventor; title: A charming Austrian girl; title: Bad boy of music; title: Mechanisms; title: Between times; title: Cinemogling; title: Frequency hopping; title: Flashes of genius; title: Red-hot apparatus; title: O pioneers!