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020 _a9780736864794 (hardcover)
020 _a9780736896412
020 _a0736864792 (hardcover)
020 _a0736896414 (pbk.)
040 _aDLC
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_beng
050 _aTK5103.R63
082 _a621.384092
100 1 _aRobbins, Trina.
245 1 0 _aHedy Lamarr and a secret communication system /
_cby Trina Robbins ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Anne Timmons.
260 _aMankato :
_bCapstone,
_c2007.
300 _a32 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c23 cm
490 0 _aGraphic library, inventions and discovery
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
505 _aQ
520 _aDiscover 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.
521 8 _a660
_bLexile GN
521 8 _aQ
_bRaz-Plus
600 1 0 _aLamarr, Hedy,
_d1913-2000
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aSpread spectrum communications
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aMotion picture actors and actresses
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vJuvenile literature.
700 1 _aMartin, Cynthia,
_d1961-
_eIllustrator
700 1 _aTimmons, Anne.
_eIllustrator
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