R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 9/2/2014 + 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.

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