Hedy Lamarr
'Hedy's Folly' introduces an improbable inventor
By Diane Brady By Richard Rhodes The first thing most people recall about Hedy Lamarr is that she was “the most beautiful woman in the world.” It's a label that MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer attached to the Austrian native after she came to Hollywood
Discuss new classical music projects, contemporary classical composers, contemporary music, contemporary music performance and the musical avant-garde. George Antheil and Hedy Lamarr Modern Music.
In a new book, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Richard Rhodes tells the behind-the-scenes story of movie star—and inventor— Hedy Lamarr, "the most beautiful woman in the world." Lamarr invented "frequency hopping," a concept that's still used in today
A new book details how the actress helped invent spread-spectrum radio technology, the precursor for modern wireless communications.
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, AP "Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World" (Doubleday), by Richard Rhodes: It's always sounded like a joke in search of a punch line: Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr
`Hedy's Folly' bares a most improbable inventor
Richard Rhodes, author of two of my favorite books of all time (Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun), has written a book about one of the most intriguing people of the 20th century, Hedy Lamarr, big-time Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr was a gorgeous and seductive screen siren of the 1930s and '40s, but it turns out she wasn't just another pretty face. In his new book, Hedy's Folly, author Richard Rhodes reveals that Lamarr was a brilliant
(Daily Mail) Hedy Lamarr, the 1930s and '40s film star known for being the first actress to simulate a female orgasm in a major motion picture, apparently invented spread-spectrum radio, a precursor to the technology that allows for wireless
Given the success that the screen siren Hedy Lamarr achieved in that realm—revealed in Richard Rhodes's fascinating biography, Hedy's Folly—it's a pity more of them don't consider it. In 1940, while acting alongside Jimmy Stewart and Judy Garland in
Given the success that the screen siren Hedy Lamarr achieved in that realm—revealed in Richard Rhodes's fascinating biography, Hedy's Folly—it's a pity more of them don't consider it. In 1940, while acting alongside Jimmy Stewart and Judy Garland in
'Beginners,' 'Tree of Life' tie for top Gotham Award; Hedy Lamarr praised for …
Hedy Lamarr, Old Hollywood sex symbol, had a brain. It's a fact that may be nearly as overlooked as the inventor's wartime creation: landmark technology that was a precursor to Bluetooth. It's not surprising that she's known best for her sultry persona
Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, takes on a decidedly kinder example of technological innovation in Hedy's Folly. Actress and sex symbol Hedy Lamarr once famously noted that to look glamorous, ''all you have
Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, takes on a decidedly kinder example of technological innovation in Hedy's Folly. Actress and sex symbol Hedy Lamarr once famously noted that to look glamorous, ''all you have
Given the success that the screen siren Hedy Lamarr achieved in that realm—revealed in Richard Rhodes's fascinating biography, Hedy's Folly—it's.
Hedy Lamarr: Movie star and inventor November 28, 2011. Filed under: Uncategorized — Jender @ 7:04 pm. All kinds of awesome, and talk about your counterstereotypical exemplars! She “invent[ed] a process by which
Hedy Lamarr: Inventor of more than the 1st theatrical-film orgasm
Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, takes on a decidedly kinder example of technological innovation in Hedy's Folly. Actress and sex symbol Hedy Lamarr once famously noted that to look glamorous, ''all you have
Given the success that the screen siren Hedy Lamarr achieved in that realm—revealed in Richard Rhodes's fascinating biography, Hedy's Folly—it's a pity more of them don't consider it. In 1940, while acting alongside Jimmy Stewart and Judy Garland in
Believe it or not, this essentially happened to Hedy Lamarr. Often proclaimed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” the 26-year-old Lamarr was thriving in Hollywood when, in mid-September 1940, Nazi U-boats hunted down and sank a cruise ship trying
Hedy Lamarr, Old Hollywood sex symbol, had a brain. It's a fact that may be nearly as overlooked as the inventor's wartime creation: landmark technology that was a precursor to Bluetooth. It's not surprising that she's known best for her sultry persona
Historian Richard Rhodes wants to make sure Hedy Lamarr stays famous for more than just her looks. His new biography of the actress, out Tuesday, highlights her lesser-known scientific and intellectual side. In 1941, Lamarr
