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Hedy Lamarr's double life / written by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Katy Wu.

Wallmark, Laurie, (author.). Wu, Katy, (illustrator.).

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Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography, meet the real Hedy Lamarr : not only a beloved film star, but a visionary scientist who helped create the world we live in today.

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Hedy Lamarr's Double Life : Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life : Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
by Wallmark, Laurie; Wu, Katy (Illustrator)
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Hedy Lamarr's Double Life : Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor

Laurie Wallmark has degrees in Biochemistry from Princeton University, Information Systems from Goddard College, and Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut book, Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books), received four starred reviews ( Kirkus , Publishers Weekly , Booklist , and School Library Journal ), praise in The New York Times , and numerous awards. Laurie lives in NJ. Twitter: @lauriewallmark. With a BFA in Illustration and Entertainment Arts from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 2007, Katy Wu has worked for Google, Laika, Pixar, CinderBiter, and Simon & Schuster. Grace Hopper was her first picture book; her second was Dumpling Dreams , written by Carrie Clickard (Simon and Schuster). She has also worked on such projects as the feature film Coraline . She lives in New York City. Follow her online at katycwwu.tumblr.com.


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