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, readers pass through 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.
Pulitzer 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. It's a remarkable narrative adventure about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.
Recommended Age | Adults |
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Author | Richard Rhodes |
ISBN | 0307742954 |
Publication Date | Aug 7, 2012 |
Publisher | Vintage |
Language | English |