{"product_id":"hedys-folly-the-life-and-breakthrough-inventions-of-hedy-lamarr-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world-9780307742957","title":"Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant-garde composer invented spread-spectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning 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 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 spread-spectrum radio's genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45029828165783,"sku":"9780307742957","price":1248.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780307742957.webp?v=1769204653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hedys-folly-the-life-and-breakthrough-inventions-of-hedy-lamarr-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world-9780307742957","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}