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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ISBN:0385534396 (ebook)
ISBN:9780385534390 (ebook)
ISBN:0385534388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN:9780385534383 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description:ix, 261 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Doubleday, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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!