Melanie B. (opsgirl) reviewed Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World on
Helpful Score: 1
If you would like a biography of Hedy Lemarr, this is not the best book.After I read the first 100 pages and realized only 30 of them had been about Hedy, I wondered why the book was not titled for George Antheil, about whom the majority of the book was written. I was disappointed in the content of the book and the sources for Hedy's information.
Rebecca H. (amichai) reviewed Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World on + 368 more book reviews
This book is not an in-depth biography of Hedy Lamar, but achieves its stated aim - to tell the story of Lamarr's most important invention and her life in relation to that development. There are other books available for pure biography. I found this book informative and well written.
R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World on + 1438 more book reviews
Perhaps I should have rated this book three stars because it did not focus as much on Hedy Lamarr as I had expected but when I realized the author's intent I changed my mind. The overall information about Hedy's work with George Antheil and his background plus the social and cultural atmosphere of the times reveals so much about what it must have been like for the life of this beautiful woman with a mighty brain. First, she was a woman who loved to act and invent. Indeed, she kept her inventor's table close at hand for whenever she had an idea she wanted to pursue. Second, neither Hedy nor Antheil were scientists. And, finally, they did not have channels through which they could get their inventions used. Nevertheless, so much of what we take for granted today was pioneered by this duo including cell phones and blue tooth technology.
