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Hedy Lamarr's double life /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallmark, Laurie (Author)
Other Authors: Wu, Katy (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]
Subjects:
Lamarr, Hedy, > 1913-2000 > Juvenile literature.
Lamarr, Hedy, > 1913-2000.
World War (1939-1945)
Actresses > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Spread spectrum communications > Juvenile literature.
Inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female > Juvenile literature.
Telecommunication > Biography.
Inventors.
Actors and actresses.
Women > Biography.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Performing Arts.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Girls & Women.
Actresses.
Military participation > Female.
Spread spectrum communications.
United States.
1939-1945
Biographies.
Juvenile works.

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