Rhodes Richard - Hedy's Folly The Life And Breakthrough Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr The Most Beautiful Woman In The World - Paperback Historical Romance Barcode: 9780198888253

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The same subjects occupied the writing of scientists and novelists: the quest for 'origins' the nature of the relation between society and the individual and what it meant to be human

Rhodes Richard - Hedy's Folly The Life And Breakthrough Inventions Of Hedy Lamarr The Most Beautiful Woman In The World - Paperback Historical Romance Barcode: 9780198888253Binding: 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