Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr by Richard Rhodes
by Gordon Hauptfleisch — Face it. Movie stardom isn't rocket science. So Hedy Lamarr turned to something more along those lines. Bridging the gap from the pre-computer age to the present day, her work on spread spectrum communications helped lay the groundwork for such modern conveniences as mobile and cordless telephones, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Global Positioning Systems.
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