Globusz Books · Author
Richard Rhodes is represented in the Globusz Books library by 2 reviewed books. This page brings those summaries together so readers can compare the author’s available work before choosing what to read.
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Reviewed summary
Hedy Lamarr wasn’t just a Hollywood starlet; she was also a pioneering inventor whose work laid the groundwork for modern wireless technology. While the world admired her beauty, she was secretly developing a frequency-hopping system to protect torpedoes from jamming. How did a glamorous actress end up influencing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth decades later?
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Richard Rhodes unpacks the tangled story behind the atomic bomb—where groundbreaking science crashes headlong into politics, ambition, and moral turmoil. This isn’t just a tale of equations and experiments; it’s about the very human chaos that led to a weapon capable of reshaping the world. How did a brilliant idea become the darkest invention of the 20th century?
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