Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

摘要

In Rhodes' newest book, the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author (The Making of the Atomic Bomb) once again interweaves moving biographical portraits with dramatic depictions of scientific discovery. The bulk of Hedy's Folly centers on an unlikely invention team - Hedy Lamarr, a golden age Hollywood starlet, and George Antheil, a firebrand American composer. As the plot unfolds, the pair invents a frequencyhopping radio device to help American torpedoes evade enemy guidance-jamming systems in World War II.