The life and career of actor and mathematician Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr is an Austrian-American actress, movie star and mathematician, and the inventor of early spread spectrum and frequency communication techniques needed for wireless communication in advance. The computer era to this day is also known as radio waves.

Biography Hedy Lamarr is based on wikipedia

1. Lamarr Hedwig's birth name Eva Maria Kiesler was born in 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hung.
2. The only daughter of Mrs. Gertrud 'Trude' Kiesler and Mr. Emil Kiesler.
3. Her mother was a Jewish-born Budapest pianist from a high-class bourgeoisie. According to Stephen Michael Shearer, Lamarr biography researcher, affirmed that her mother has converted from Judaism to Catholicism and is a Christian apprentice.
4. Lamarr's father was a Lemberg non-religious Jewish banker.

Actress and mathematician Hedy Lamarr.

Marriage and relationships

Lamarr married six times and had three children, one of whom was adopted:

1. Friedrich Mandl (married from 1933–1937), president of Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik.
2. Gene Markey (married from 1939–1941), screenwriter and producer.
3. Son: James Lamarr Markey (born January 9, 1939), adopted on June 12, 1939, adopted by John Loder; The child was later known as James Lamarr Loder.
4. The couple lived at 2727, Benedict Street in Los Angeles, California during their marriage.
5. John Loder (married from 1943-1947), actor.
6. Daughter: Denise Loder (born January 19, 1945), married Larry Colton, a former baseball player and writer.
7. Son: Anthony Loder (born February 1, 1947), married Roxanne to work for illustrator James McMullan. Anthony Loder participated in the 2004 documentary Calling Hedy Lamarr.
8. Teddy Stauffer (married from 1951–1952), nightclub owner, restaurant, former head of the band
9. W. Howard Lee (married from 1953-1960); a Texas oil specialist (later married to actress Gene Tierney).
10. Lewis J. Boies (married from 1963-1965); it is the lawyer who resolves Lamarr's divorce.
11. Lamarr died in Casselberry, Florida on January 19, 2000, aged 85.

August 8, 1942 Hedy Lamarr is granted a patent for the secret information system to help prevent interference for torpedoes.

Hedy Lamarr's patent for life

In the early 1940s, she met composer and pianist George Antheil , a pioneer in the field of music mechanization and automatic synchronization of instruments. The pair together thought about applying the principles of pianola into a confidential information system that helps prevent interference for radio-controlled torpedoes.

Continuously changing frequency is the key to Hedy's invention, she sketched her idea on the back of a napkin. In other words, the radio signal always changes the frequency so that it cannot be blocked.

In August 1942, Lamarr and composer George Antheil patented this secret information system .

According to Stepehn Michael Shearer, Lamarr's biographer and author of Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr, thinks there are two reasons why the system is not applied immediately.

First, at that time the government did not understand or was not the right time for the idea of ​​a wireless communication system. The second reason may be due to the unusual history of the inventors. " Hedy was 20 years ahead of her time, " said Anthony Loder, her son. He added that his mother had no intention of making money from the invention. She gave it to the US Navy.

Since the patent expired before being used, Hedy never benefited from her idea.

Not until 20 years later, when the Cuban missile crisis occurred, her invention was applied to military and civilian purposes. In the 1960s, this patent was used to develop a military wireless communications system to control missiles .

Today it is widespread technology in mobile phone systems, satellite coding . and other achievements.

Since the patent expired before being used, Hedy never benefited from her idea. But in the end, her talent was recognized. Hedy died on January 19, 2000 and was remembered for his beauty and wisdom.

On the anniversary of her birthday, let us remember her great merit for posterity. Hopefully, Hedy Lamarr in heaven also knows these ideas about her that google has donated.