Rhodes Richard - Hedy's Folly The Life And Breakthrough Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr The Most Beautiful Woman In The World - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Pulitzer Prize - winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant - garde composer invented spread - spectrum radio the technology that made wireless phones GPS systems and many other devices possible. Beginning at a Hollywood dinner table Hedy's Folly tells a wild story of innovation that culminates in U. S. patent number 2,292,387 for a "secret communication system." Along the way Rhodes weaves together Hollywood's golden era the history of Vienna 1920s Paris weapons design music a tutorial on patent law and a brief treatise on transmission technology. Narrated with the rigor and charisma we've come to expect of Rhodes it is a remarkable narrative adventure about spread - spectrum radio's genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.
Title: Hedy's Folly The Life And Breakthrough Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr The Most Beautiful Woman In The World
Author(s): Rhodes Richard
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780307742957
Pages: 288 Pages, 8 Pp. B&W
Publication Date: 8/7/2012
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment