07735cam a2200529 4500 234496367 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385534390 0385534396 B004QZ9ZP6 Amazon a92c0ca3-a85f-41d5-9764-1def40d3d321 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 586983 OverDrive (Product ID) 209482 586983 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rhodes, Richard. Hedy's Folly [Libby] : The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4434kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:"Rhodes's talent is making the scientifically complex accessible to the proverbial lay reader with clarity and without dumbing down the essentials of his topics...along the way he expertly weaves social and cultural commentary into his narrative.... Behind the uniqueness of this story lie deeper themes that Rhodes touches upon: the gender biases against beautiful and intelligent women, the delicate interpersonal politics of scientific collaboration and...the neverending, implacable conflict between art and Mammon in American culture.". HTML:John Adams, front page of the New York Times Book Review. HTML:"Rhodes manages to shed light on the strange partnership that led a screen siren and an eclectic composer to produce what was later recognized as a groundbreaking technology.... Hedy's Folly is a reminder that neither time nor gravity can diminish the allure of a beautiful mind.". HTML:Bloomberg Business Week. HTML:"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.". HTML:The Daily Beast. HTML:"[Rhodes] once again interweaves moving biographical portraits with dramatic depictions of scientific discovery.... [He] proves adept at elucidating the science behind this invention and the subsequent development of spread-spectrum systems (which today enable the use of cell phones and Wi-Fi), but his particular genius lies in placing the invention within a tumultuous historical moment.... With crisp, unadorned prose and plentiful quotes from primary sources, [he] paints a compelling history.... [Hedy's Folly] proves a riveting narrative, propelled by the ambition and idiosyncrasies of the inventors at its core.". HTML:Nick Bascom, Science News. HTML:"Expertly explaining the genesis and consequences of Lamarr's invention, in Hedy's Folly, Richard Rhodes transforms a surprising historical anecdote into a fascinating story about the unpredictable development of novel technologies.". HTML:Jonathan Keats, New Scientist's Culture Lab. HTML:"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.". HTML:Kirkus Reviews. HTML:"Here's a recipe that might surprise you: take a silver-screen sex goddess (Hedy Lamarr), an avant-garde composer (George Antheil), a Hollywood friendship, and mutual technological curiosity, and mix well. What results is a patent for spread-spectrum radio, which has impacted the development of everything from torpedoes to cell phones and GPS technologies. This surprising and long-forgotten story is brought to life by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhodes (The Making of the Atomic Bomb), who deftly moves between Nazi secrets, scandalous films, engineering breakthroughs, and musical flops to weave a taut story that straddles two very different worlds--the entertainment industry and wartime weaponry--and yet somehow manages to remain a delectable read. Hedy Lamarr is experiencing something of a renaissance, and Rhodes's book adds another layer to the life of a beautiful woman who was so much more than the sum of her parts. It will appeal to a wide array of readers, from film, technology, and patent scholars to those looking for an unusual romp through World War II--era Hollywood.". HTML:Teri Shiel, Library Journal. HTML:"[A]n unusual and worthwhile read.". HTML:Sandra McElwaine, Washington Times. "[C]aptivating.". HTML:Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe. HTML:"A focused glimpse into one actress' remarkable life, and the rare mix of war, patriotism and intellect that fomented her unlikely invention.". HTML:Alexandria Witze, Dallas Morning News. HTML:"Rhodes...manages. HTML:Entertainment Weekly. HTML:Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant-garde composer invented spreadDASHspectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible. Beginning at a Hollywood dinner table, Hedy's Folly tells a wild story of innovation that culminates in U.S. patent number 2,292,387 for a "secret communication system." Along the way Rhodes weaves together delete comma Hollywood's golden era, the history of Vienna, 1920s Paris, weapons design, music, a tutorial on patent law and a brief treatise on transmission technology. Narrated with the rigor and charisma we've come to expect of Rhodes, it is a remarkable narrative adventure about spreadDASHspectrum radio's genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. . Media Type: eBook. 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