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Hedy Lamarr

Reimagining Radio

Megan Borgert-SpaniolSeries: STEM Superstar Women
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Pages
32
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
ABDO

About

Women have made some of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. In this title, readers learn about Hedy Lamarr from her early career as a Hollywood actress to her invention of a frequency-hopping mechanism that is now used in cell phones and GPS technology. A timeline, sidebars, fun facts, glossary, and index supplement the text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Related Subjects

  • Science & Technology
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Television & Radio
  • Performing Arts
  • Women

Extended Details

  • ATOSGrade Level 5.4
  • Interest LevelsMG
  • Lexile850L
  • SeriesSTEM Superstar Women

Artists

Megan Borgert-SpaniolAuthor

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