Hedy Lamarr's double life
Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Sterling Children's Books,
[2019]
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| Series: | People who shaped our world
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| Summary: | Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography, meet the real Hedy Lamarr : not only a beloved film star, but a visionary scientist who helped create the world we live in today. |
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| Physical Description: | 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781454926917 1454926910 |
| Author Notes: | With a BFA in Illustration and Entertainment Arts from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 2007, Katy Wu has worked for Google, Laika, Pixar, CinderBiter, and Simon & Schuster. Grace Hopper was her first picture book; her second was Dumpling Dreams , written by Carrie Clickard (Simon and Schuster). She has also worked on such projects as the feature film Coraline . She lives in New York City. Follow her online at katycwwu.tumblr.com. |
