Hedy Lamarr's double life / written by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Katy Wu.
Material type:
TextSeries: People who shaped our worldPublisher: New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781454926917
- 1454926910
- Additional title on cover : Hedy Lamarr's double life : Hollywood legend and brilliant inventor
- Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000 -- Juvenile literature
- Actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Spread spectrum communications -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Telecommunication -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Lamarr, H. W214 | Available | 33111009133501 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Revelatory to young audiences in more ways than one." -- Kirkus
"Many STEM-for-girls biographies fan excitement over women's achievements, but this title actually brings the central scientific concept within middle-grade reach." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Selected for the New York Public Library Best of 2019 List !
Movie star by day, ace inventor at night: learn about the hidden life of actress Hedy Lamarr!
To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling's critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code , tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology.
Selected for the 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 list, compiled by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC).
Includes bibliographical references.
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 to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography, meet the real Hedy Lamarr : not only a beloved film star, but a visionary scientist who helped create the world we live in today.