Hedy Lamarr and a secret communication system / by Trina Robbins ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Anne Timmons.

By:

Robbins, Trina

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Graphic library, inventions and discoveryPublication details: Mankato : Capstone, 2007.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780736864794 (hardcover)
9780736896412
0736864792 (hardcover)
0736896414 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

621.384092

LOC classification:

TK5103.R63

Contents:

Summary: Discover the brilliant life of Hedy Lamarr in this full-color graphic novel. This talented film actress became an influential scientist with her invention of a secret radio system in the early 1940s, a building block of today's wireless communications. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus A TK Campus, Comic Books (All Reading Levels), B401 Bookcase 1/2, Shelf 3	Juvenile Fiction	ROB 621.384092 TK5103.R63 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	FISTK01726

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Discover the brilliant life of Hedy Lamarr in this full-color graphic novel. This talented film actress became an influential scientist with her invention of a secret radio system in the early 1940s, a building block of today's wireless communications. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.

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