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LEADER: 01588cam a22003254a 4500
001 2011021746
003 DLC
005 20120223145230.0
008 110520s2011 nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2011021746
020 $a9780385534383 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780385534390 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn707235824
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050 00 $aPN2287.L24$bR54 2011
082 00 $a791.430/28092$aB$223
100 1 $aRhodes, Richard,$d1937-
245 10 $aHedy's folly :$bthe life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world /$cRichard Rhodes.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$cc2011.
300 $aix, 261 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aDescribes 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.
505 0 $aHedy 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!
600 10 $aLamarr, Hedy,$d1913-2000.
650 0 $aActresses$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aSpread spectrum communications.