Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, New York, 2011
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- New
Seller: Blue Ridge Books, Carlisle, PA, U.S.A.Blue Ridge Books
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- Title
- Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
- Author
- Richard Rhodes
- Publisher
- Doubleday, New York
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385534388
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534383
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Only a writer of Richard Rhodess 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 torpedoesthe unlikely duos gift to the U.S. war effort.
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, Hedys Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.
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Blue Ridge Books
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