Home›Sources›Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldSourcesHedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldBiographyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. "Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hedys-folly.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hedys-follyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-hedys-folly-the-life-and-breakthrough-in, author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas}, title = {Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World}, year = {2026}, url = {https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hedys-folly}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedA biography by Richard Rhodes recounting the film career of Hedy Lamarr alongside her 1942 frequency-hopping spread spectrum patent with composer George Antheil, developed as a jam-resistant radio guidance system for torpedoes.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedRichard RhodesPublisherWell-attestedDoubledayPublication YearWell-attested2011Source TypeWell-attestedBiographySourcesHedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldRichard Rhodes, Doubleday, 2011Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicEngineers, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested9EngineersHedy LamarrSourcesHedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldConnected1EngineersHedy LamarrGeneral References1EngineersHedy LamarrComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year