1988, ISBN: 9780395411650

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New York: Doubleday, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. ix, [1], 261, [1] pages. I… Mehr…

New York: Doubleday, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. ix, [1], 261, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index. Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American historian, journalist, and author, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb. He also frequently gives lectures and talks on a broad range of subjects, including testimony to the U.S. Senate on nuclear energy. Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 - January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. She has been described as one of the great movie actresses of all time. She met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers. Her MGM films include Lady of the Tropics, Boom Town, H. M. Pulham, Esq., and White Cargo. Her greatest success was as Delilah in DeMille's Bible-inspired Samson and Delilah. She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. At the beginning of World War II, she and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. The principles of their work are incorporated into Bluetooth and GPS technology. This work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of communications signals among a spread of different frequencies. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted today. Only a writer of Richard Rhodes's caliber could do justice to this remarkable story. Unhappily married to a Nazi arms dealer, Lamarr fled to America at the start of World War II; she brought with her not only her theatrical talent but also a gift for technical innovation. An introduction to Antheil at a Hollywood dinner table culminated in a U.S. patent for a jam- proof radio guidance system for torpedoes, the unlikely duo, s gift to the U.S. war effort. What other book brings together 1920s Paris, player pianos, Nazi weaponry, and digital wireless into one satisfying whole? In its juxtaposition of Hollywood glamour with the reality of a brutal war, Hedy's Folly is a riveting book about unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. Derived from a Kirkus review: The surprising story of a pivotal invention produced during World War II by a pair of most unlikely inventorsan avant-garde composer and the world's most glamorous movie star. Rhodes offers the stories of his two principals in alternating segments, sometimes chapter-length. The diminutive pianist/composer George Antheilwho worked with Stravinsky, Ezra Pound, Balanchine, DeMille and other notableswas also a prolific writer and inventor. And Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler), smitten by the theater in her native Austria, married a wealthy man charmed by Nazis; she later fled for Hollywood, where she quickly established herself as a major star in such films as Algiers and Ziegfeld Girl. She crossed trails with Antheil, who'd also moved west. Rhodes shows us that Lamarr (a new surname name suggested by the wife of Louis B. Mayer) was extremely bright (though poorly educated), a woman who had an area in her house devoted to inventing. And Antheilwho'd once composed a piece requiring 16 synchronized player pianoshad inventing interests that dovetailed with Lamarr's. They worked together to invent a way to radio-guide torpedoes and to use a technique called frequency-hopping to insure that the enemy could not jam their signals. Lamarr and Antheil secured a patent, but the U.S. Navy did not adopt the device, which, as Rhodes shows, would form the foundations of today's Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies. Antheil died before earning any recognition for this achievement, but Lamarr, late in her life, did receive awards. The author quotes from the memoirs of his principals. A faded blossom of a story, artfully restored to bright bloom., Doubleday, 2011, 3, [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing ; x, 433 p. : maps ; 20 cm. ; SBN: 0395411653; 9780395411650 LCCN: 86-27663 ; Dewey: 953/.8 ; OCLC: 15018174 ; sand-colored cloth with color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: The oil boom, 1974-1980 -- The coming of a foreigner -- The Magic Kingdom -- Managing the boom -- Servants of God -- Living with Islam -- Bedouin pride -- The shackles of sex -- Mysteries of the hareem -- Putting Saudis to work -- The royal tribe -- There was no tomorrow -- The twilight, 1980 and beyond -- The press : Pride and denial -- Jail : a clear and present danger -- Swords and missiles : the search for security -- The world creeps closer -- The new realities -- Castles of sand -- Stalled between seasons ; remains of label on front ep, tiny mark on textblock, else FINE/FINE., [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987, 1988, 5<

1988, ISBN: 0395411653

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[EAN: 9780395411650], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987], ABDUL AZIZ ABDULLAH AIRPORT AL-SAUDS ALGOSAIBI AMERICAN ARAB ARABIAN PENINSULA AREAS ARMY ARRIVED … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780395411650], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987], ABDUL AZIZ ABDULLAH AIRPORT AL-SAUDS ALGOSAIBI AMERICAN ARAB ARABIAN PENINSULA AREAS ARMY ARRIVED AZIZ'S BANKS BECAME BEDOUIN BUILDING CAMEL CHRISTIANS CONSTRUCTION DEFENSE DEMANDS DESERT DHAHRAN DIRIYAH DRIVER ECONOMIC EXPATRIATES FAHD FAHD'S FEAR FEMALE FORCE FOREIGN GULF HAJJ HONOR HOSPITAL HOUSE OF SAUD HUSBAND IRAN ISLAM ISRAEL JAIL JEDDAH JUBAIL KING FAISAL KHALID KINGDOM KORAN LABOR LIVE MAJOR MALE MARRIAGE MATAWAIN MECCA MENT MILITARY MILLION MINISTER MINISTRY MODERNIZATION MOHAMMED MOSLEM MOSQUE MOVE NATIONAL GUARD NEJD NEVER OIL BOOM OPEC PERCENT POLITICAL POPULATION PRAYER PRINCES PROBLEM PROTECT RAMADAN RELIGION RELIGIOUS RIYADH ROYAL FAMILY RULE SAUD'S SAUDI ARABIA GAZETTE GOVERNMENT SOCIETY WOMEN SEXUAL SHARIA SHEIKH SHIITES SOCIAL SOUQS STREET THOBE THREAT TION TRADITIONAL TRIBAL TRIBE ULEMA UNITED VISA WAHHABI WEALTH WEST WESTERN WIFE WOMAN YEMEN THE BOOM, 1974-1980 -- COMING A FOREIGNER MAGIC MANAGING SERVANTS GOD LIVING WITH PRIDE SHACKLES SEX MYSTERIES HAREEM PUTTING SAUDIS TO WORK THERE WAS NO TOMORROW TWILIGHT, 1980 AND BEYOND PRESS : DENIAL CLEAR PRESENT DANGER SWORDS MISSILES SEARCH FOR SECURITY WORLD CREEPS CLOSER NEW REALITIES CASTLES SAND STALLED BETWEEN SEASONS, History|Asia|General, History|Middle East, Jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing ; x, 433 p. : maps ; 20 cm. ; SBN: 0395411653; 9780395411650 LCCN: 86-27663 ; Dewey: 953/.8 ; OCLC: 15018174 ; sand-colored cloth with color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: The oil boom, 1974-1980 -- The coming of a foreigner -- The Magic Kingdom -- Managing the boom -- Servants of God -- Living with Islam -- Bedouin pride -- The shackles of sex -- Mysteries of the hareem -- Putting Saudis to work -- The royal tribe -- There was no tomorrow -- The twilight, 1980 and beyond -- The press : Pride and denial -- Jail : a clear and present danger -- Swords and missiles : the search for security -- The world creeps closer -- The new realities -- Castles of sand -- Stalled between seasons ; remains of label on front ep, tiny mark on textblock, else FINE/FINE<

1988, ISBN: 0395411653

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[EAN: 9780395411650], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987], ABDUL AZIZ ABDULLAH AIRPORT AL-SAUDS ALGOSAIBI AMERICAN ARAB ARABIAN PENINSULA AREAS ARMY ARRIVED … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780395411650], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987], ABDUL AZIZ ABDULLAH AIRPORT AL-SAUDS ALGOSAIBI AMERICAN ARAB ARABIAN PENINSULA AREAS ARMY ARRIVED AZIZ'S BANKS BECAME BEDOUIN BUILDING CAMEL CHRISTIANS CONSTRUCTION DEFENSE DEMANDS DESERT DHAHRAN DIRIYAH DRIVER ECONOMIC EXPATRIATES FAHD FAHD'S FEAR FEMALE FORCE FOREIGN GULF HAJJ HONOR HOSPITAL HOUSE OF SAUD HUSBAND IRAN ISLAM ISRAEL JAIL JEDDAH JUBAIL KING FAISAL KHALID KINGDOM KORAN LABOR LIVE MAJOR MALE MARRIAGE MATAWAIN MECCA MENT MILITARY MILLION MINISTER MINISTRY MODERNIZATION MOHAMMED MOSLEM MOSQUE MOVE NATIONAL GUARD NEJD NEVER OIL BOOM OPEC PERCENT POLITICAL POPULATION PRAYER PRINCES PROBLEM PROTECT RAMADAN RELIGION RELIGIOUS RIYADH ROYAL FAMILY RULE SAUD'S SAUDI ARABIA GAZETTE GOVERNMENT SOCIETY WOMEN SEXUAL SHARIA SHEIKH SHIITES SOCIAL SOUQS STREET THOBE THREAT TION TRADITIONAL TRIBAL TRIBE ULEMA UNITED VISA WAHHABI WEALTH WEST WESTERN WIFE WOMAN YEMEN THE BOOM, 1974-1980 -- COMING A FOREIGNER MAGIC MANAGING SERVANTS GOD LIVING WITH PRIDE SHACKLES SEX MYSTERIES HAREEM PUTTING SAUDIS TO WORK THERE WAS NO TOMORROW TWILIGHT, 1980 AND BEYOND PRESS : DENIAL CLEAR PRESENT DANGER SWORDS MISSILES SEARCH FOR SECURITY WORLD CREEPS CLOSER NEW REALITIES CASTLES SAND STALLED BETWEEN SEASONS, Jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing ; x, 433 p. : maps ; 20 cm. ; SBN: 0395411653; 9780395411650 LCCN: 86-27663 ; Dewey: 953/.8 ; OCLC: 15018174 ; sand-colored cloth with color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: The oil boom, 1974-1980 -- The coming of a foreigner -- The Magic Kingdom -- Managing the boom -- Servants of God -- Living with Islam -- Bedouin pride -- The shackles of sex -- Mysteries of the hareem -- Putting Saudis to work -- The royal tribe -- There was no tomorrow -- The twilight, 1980 and beyond -- The press : Pride and denial -- Jail : a clear and present danger -- Swords and missiles : the search for security -- The world creeps closer -- The new realities -- Castles of sand -- Stalled between seasons ; remains of label on front ep, tiny mark on textblock, else FINE/FINE, Books<