Hedy Lamarr's Double Life
Author: Laurie Wallmark
ISBN: 9781454926917
Publisher: Union Square
Year first published: 01 May 2019
Pages:
Format: Hardback
Revelatory to young audiences in more ways than one. Kirkus Many STEM-for-girls biographies fan excitement over women s achievements, but this title actually brings the central scientific concept within middle-grade reach. The Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books Selected for the New York Public Library Best of 2019 List!Movie star by day, ace inventor at night: learn about the hidden life of actress Hedy Lamarr! To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling s critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today s technology.Selected for the 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 list, compiled by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children s Book Council (CBC).
ISBN: 9781454926917
Publisher: Union Square
Year first published: 01 May 2019
Pages:
Format: Hardback
Revelatory to young audiences in more ways than one. Kirkus Many STEM-for-girls biographies fan excitement over women s achievements, but this title actually brings the central scientific concept within middle-grade reach. The Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books Selected for the New York Public Library Best of 2019 List!Movie star by day, ace inventor at night: learn about the hidden life of actress Hedy Lamarr! To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling s critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today s technology.Selected for the 2020 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 list, compiled by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children s Book Council (CBC).
