Hedy Lamarr Actress
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Hedy Lamarr Birthday: How A Hollywood Star Helped Invent Technology We Use Every Day
An Austrian Jewish emigrant who invented a covert communications system to try to help defeat the Nazis, Ms Lamarr was ignored and told to sell kisses for war bonds instead.
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Hedy Lamarr: Actress by Day, Inventor by Night. A Google Doodle Salute
Hedy Lamarr, star of films like I Take This Woman and Come Live With Me, was once described as "the most beautiful woman in the world". She developed an interest in applied science, and bored by her acting career, utilised this knowledge as an inventor. She patented an idea called the "Secret Communication System" in 1942
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Hedy Lamarr Birthday: How A Hollywood Star Helped Invent Technology We Use Every Day
An Austrian Jewish emigrant who invented a covert communications system to try to help defeat the Nazis, Ms Lamarr was ignored and told to sell kisses for war bonds instead.
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Hedy Lamarr: Actress by Day, Inventor by Night. A Google Doodle Salute
Hedy Lamarr, star of films like I Take This Woman and Come Live With Me, was once described as "the most beautiful woman in the world". She developed an interest in applied science, and bored by her acting career, utilised this knowledge as an inventor. She patented an idea called the "Secret Communication System" in 1942
