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Hedy's folly : the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world

Rhodes, Richard

Synopsis:

Not just another pretty actress, at one point she was called, “The most beautiful woman in the world.” Lamarr also had a brain and it was for the scientific and technical. She and composer George Antheil worked on a radio-controlled spread-spectrum communications system that included frequency hopping which later would prove important in cell phones and GPS technology. With Antheil she shared The Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.


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