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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Hedy Lamarr |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Rhodes |
| ISBN: | 9780385534383 0385534388 9780385534390 0385534396 |
| OCLC Number: | 707235824 |
| Description: | ix, 261 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| 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! |
| Responsibility: | Richard Rhodes. |
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.
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- Lamarr, Hedy, -- 1913-2000.
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