The Locator -- [(subject = "Lamarr Hedy--1913-2000")]

26 records matched your query       


Record 20 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Rhodes, Richard.
Title:
Hedy's folly : the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world / Richard Rhodes.
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition, July 2012.
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
ix, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Lamarr, Hedy,--1913-2000.
Actresses--Biography.--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Spread spectrum communications.
Science.
Scientists.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 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.
ISBN:
0307742954
9780307742957
0385534396
9780385534390
0385534388
9780385534383
OCLC:
(OCoLC)808382026
Locations:
YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.