An edition of Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world (2011)

Hedy's folly

the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world

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An edition of Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world (2011)

Hedy's folly

the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★ 3.40 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 13 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

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.

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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
261

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Subjects
Actresses, Spread spectrum communications, Biography, Motion picture actors and actresses, Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000, Telecommunication, Motion picture actors and actresses, united states, Motion pictures, biography
People
Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000)
Places
United States

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Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Aug 07, 2012, Vintage
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Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world
2012, Center Point Publishing
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Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world
2011, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
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Table of Contents

Hedy Lamarr, inventor
A charming Austrian girl
Bad boy of music
Mechanisms
Between times
Cinemogling
Frequency hopping
Flashes of genius
Red-hot apparatus
O pioneers!

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.430/28092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.L24 R54 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 261 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
261

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24858452M
Internet Archive
hedysfollylifea00rhod
ISBN 13
9780385534383, 9780385534390
LCCN
2011021746
OCLC/WorldCat
707235824
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
11330443

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