Hedy Lamarr's Double Life

Age range 5+ To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. 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. ‘Even readers who don’t know Hedy Lamarr, `the world’s most beautiful woman,’ will become fans after learning how she balanced her fame as a 1930s movie star with a passion for science and inventing.’ – Booklist