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Hedy's Folly : The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes (2011, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385534388
ISBN-139780385534383
eBay Product ID (ePID)102893812
Product Key Features
Book TitleHedy's Folly : The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Science & Technology
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorRichard Rhodes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-021746
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsAdvance Praise for Hedy's Folly : "The author of The Twilight of the Bomb (2010) returns with the surprising story of a pivotal invention produced during World War II by a pair of most unlikely inventors-an avant-garde composer and the world's most glamorous movie star....A faded blossom of a story, artfully restored to bright bloom ."- Kirkus Reviews " If the subtitle of this book- The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World -doesn't make you want to read, nothing we say is likely to change your mind . But we will add this much: Rhodes, who has written about everything from atomic power to sex to John James Audubon, is apparently incapable of writing a bad book and most of what he does is absolutely superior, including this tale that has Nazi weapons, Hollywood stars, 20th century classical music, and the earliest versions of digital wireless."- The Daily Beast Praise for Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Nuclear Age (four volumes) "Every age finds the writers it needs, and the nuclear age has found Richard Rhodes."-Jonathan Schell, The Nation "Rhodes deserves considerable praise for his four books. He writes with remarkable confidence and clarity about these terrible devices. He tells stories well. He loads his text with interesting facts. His technical command is impressive."-Nicholas Thompson, New York Times Book Review "No one writes better about nuclear history than Rhodes does, ably combining a scholar's attention to detail with a novelist's devotion to character and pacing . . . The ingenuity and progressive spirit he reveals inspire optimism."-George Perkovich, The Washington Post "This long, rich book [ The Making of the Atomic Bomb ]. . . is the comprehensive history of the bomb, and it is also a work of literature."-Tracy Kidder, John James Audubon: The Making of an American "Rhodes has managed to do for Audubon what Audubon did for birds. . . in this splendid biography Rhodes has produced nothing less than a portrait of the United States in its formative years."-Jonathan Rosen, New York Times Book Review "More than a mere biography: it is a comprehensive history of a man and his era. . . . Rhodes breathes life again into the world in which Audubon lived."- Avedis Hadjian, Los Angeles Times Book Review Masters of Death: The SS Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust "Riveting history. . . Unrelenting."-Jack Fischel, The Weekly Standard "Through his fine and accessible account, Rhodes deepens our sense of the Holocaust's utter evil."-Walter Reich, New York Times Book Review "This is an important and enormously powerful book." -Elie Wiesel, Praise for Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Nuclear Age (four volumes) "Every age finds the writers it needs, and the nuclear age has found Richard Rhodes."-Jonathan Schell, The Nation "Rhodes deserves considerable praise for his four books. He writes with remarkable confidence and clarity about these terrible devices. He tells stories well. He loads his text with interesting facts. His technical command is impressive."-Nicholas Thompson, New York Times Book Review "No one writes better about nuclear history than Rhodes does, ably combining a scholar's attention to detail with a novelist's devotion to character and pacing . . . The ingenuity and progressive spirit he reveals inspire optimism."-George Perkovich, The Washington Post "This long, rich book [ The Making of the Atomic Bomb ]. . . is the comprehensive history of the bomb, and it is also a work of literature."-Tracy Kidder, John James Audubon: The Making of an American "Rhodes has managed to do for Audubon what Audubon did for birds. . . in this splendid biography Rhodes has produced nothing less than a portrait of the United States in its formative years."-Jonathan Rosen, New York Times Book Review "More than a mere biography: it is a comprehensive history of a man and his era. . . . Rhodes breathes life again into the world in which Audubon lived."- Avedis Hadjian, Los Angeles Times Book Review Masters of Death: The SS Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust "Riveting history. . . Unrelenting."-Jack Fischel, The Weekly Standard "Through his fine and accessible account, Rhodes deepens our sense of the Holocaust's utter evil."-Walter Reich, New York Times Book Review "This is an important and enormously powerful book." -Elie Wiesel, Advance Praise for Hedy's Folly : " If the subtitle of this book- The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World -doesn't make you want to read, nothing we say is likely to change your mind . But we will add this much: Rhodes, who has written about everything from atomic power to sex to John James Audubon, is apparently incapable of writing a bad book and most of what he does is absolutely superior, including this tale that has Nazi weapons, Hollywood stars, 20th century classical music, and the earliest versions of digital wireless."- The Daily Beast Praise for Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Nuclear Age (four volumes) "Every age finds the writers it needs, and the nuclear age has found Richard Rhodes."-Jonathan Schell, The Nation "Rhodes deserves considerable praise for his four books. He writes with remarkable confidence and clarity about these terrible devices. He tells stories well. He loads his text with interesting facts. His technical command is impressive."-Nicholas Thompson, New York Times Book Review "No one writes better about nuclear history than Rhodes does, ably combining a scholar's attention to detail with a novelist's devotion to character and pacing . . . The ingenuity and progressive spirit he reveals inspire optimism."-George Perkovich, The Washington Post "This long, rich book [ The Making of the Atomic Bomb ]. . . is the comprehensive history of the bomb, and it is also a work of literature."-Tracy Kidder, John James Audubon: The Making of an American "Rhodes has managed to do for Audubon what Audubon did for birds. . . in this splendid biography Rhodes has produced nothing less than a portrait of the United States in its formative years."-Jonathan Rosen, New York Times Book Review "More than a mere biography: it is a comprehensive history of a man and his era. . . . Rhodes breathes life again into the world in which Audubon lived."- Avedis Hadjian, Los Angeles Times Book Review Masters of Death: The SS Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust "Riveting history. . . Unrelenting."-Jack Fischel, The Weekly Standard "Through his fine and accessible account, Rhodes deepens our sense of the Holocaust's utter evil."-Walter Reich, New York Times Book Review "This is an important and enormously powerful book." -Elie Wiesel
Dewey Decimal791.430/28092 B
SynopsisWhat other book brings together 1920's 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. 272 pp. Buyer's Choice", 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. 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 torpedoes--the unlikely duo's 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, Hedy's Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.
LC Classification NumberPN2287.L24R54 2011
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