Hedy's Folly
[The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World]
New York : Books on Tape, 2011.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Library edition.
Description: 1 sound file (5 hr., 51 min., 44 sec.) : digital.
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. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted today. Only a writer of Richard Rhodes's caliber could do justice to this remarkable story...
Subjects:
Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.
Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Spread spectrum communications.
Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.
Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Spread spectrum communications.
ISBN:
9780307940605 (electronic audio bk.)
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Eaudiobook
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Unabridged.
Electronic resource.
Read by Bernadette Dunne.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 84246 KB).
Description based on hard copy version record.
Electronic resource.
Read by Bernadette Dunne.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 84246 KB).
Description based on hard copy version record.
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