A 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.
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AuthorRichard Rhodes
PublisherDoubleday
Publication Year2011
Source TypeBiography
Sources
Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Richard Rhodes, Doubleday, 2011
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