02977cam a2200349 4500 525900872 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307940605 0307940608 4c280969-137e-444e-ba11-ae3d11a93f96 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 540893 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rhodes, Richard. Hedy's Folly [Libby Audiobook] : The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 161MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 161MB. HTML:What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary inven­tion based on the rapid switching of communications sig­nals among a spread of different frequencies. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted today.<br /> <br /> Only a writer of Richard Rhodes’s caliber could do justice to this remarkable story. Unhappily married to a Nazi arms dealer, Lamarr fled to America at the start of World War II; she brought with her not only her theatrical talent but also a gift for technical innovation. An introduction to Antheil at a Hollywood dinner table culminated in a U.S. patent for a jam- proof radio guidance system for torpedoes—the unlikely duo’s gift to the U.S. war effort.<br /> <br /> What other book brings together 1920s Paris, player pianos, Nazi weaponry, and digital wireless into one satisfying whole? In its juxtaposition of Hollywood glamour with the reality of a brutal war, <i>Hedy’s Folly</i> is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Dunne, Bernadette. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/540893-HedysFolly.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/540893-HedysFolly.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4C280969-137E-444E-BA11-AE3D11A93F96&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/540893-HedysFolly.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/540893-HedysFolly.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4C280969-137E-444E-BA11-AE3D11A93F96&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)