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Mathematician / Filmmaker Olga Holtz on Inventor / Actress Hedy Lamarr.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women inventors.
- Wireless communication systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Did you know film icon Hedy Lamarr invented the technology behind cellphones? True story. She wanted to help defeat the Nazis, but her scientific contribution was ignored. Decades later the full impact of her work was realized when her patent led to the creation of Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and smartphone technology. In this video, filmmaker and mathematician Olga Holtz tells the dazzling story of how "the most beautiful woman alive" was admired for her looks but ignored for her intellect.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2024).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
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