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Hedy Lamarr's double life
- Title
- Hedy Lamarr's double life / written by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Katy Wu.
- Author
- Wallmark, Laurie
- Publication
- New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFF 20-854 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wu, Katy
- Description
- 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Hedy Lamarr's double life: Hollywood legend and brilliant inventor
- Subjects
- Actresses
- Inventors
- Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000
- Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000 > Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Performing Arts
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Girls & Women
- 1939-1945
- World War > (1939-1945)
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology
- Actresses > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Military participation > Female
- Spread spectrum communications > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFF 20-854
- ISBN
- 9781454926917
- 1454926910
- OCLC
- 1045199885
- Author
- Wallmark, Laurie, author.
- Title
- Hedy Lamarr's double life / written by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Katy Wu.
- Publisher
- New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Added Author
- Wu, Katy, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 20-854