![]() ![]() “ Rhodes’s talent is making the scientifically complex accessible to the proverbial lay reader with clarity and without dumbing down the essentials of his topics… along the way he expertly weaves social and cultural commentary into his narrative…. ![]() Reviews Hedy's Folly is one of the Huffington Post's Best Film Books of 2011! 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, Hedy’s Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. patent for a jam- proof radio guidance system for torpedoes-the unlikely duo’s gift to the U.S. ![]() An introduction to Antheil at a Hollywood dinner table culminated in a U.S. 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. Only a writer of Richard Rhodes’s caliber could do justice to this remarkable story. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted today. ![]() 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. ![]()
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