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AUTHOR Benedict, Marie
TITLE The Only Woman in the Room
DATE READ 09/18/21
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE My lids fluttered open, but the floodlights blinded me for a moment.
GENRE/PUB DATE/FORMAT/LENGTH Fiction/2019/HB/247 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2021 Reading Goal 83/120
GROUP READ Beekeepers
TIME/PLACE 1933-1942 / Austria and Los Angeles
CHARACTERS Hedy Lamar
COMMENTS I had watched a documentary and was aware of Hedy Lamar’s inventive, creative, technical background. I really enjoyed ...more
TITLE The Only Woman in the Room
DATE READ 09/18/21
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE My lids fluttered open, but the floodlights blinded me for a moment.
GENRE/PUB DATE/FORMAT/LENGTH Fiction/2019/HB/247 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2021 Reading Goal 83/120
GROUP READ Beekeepers
TIME/PLACE 1933-1942 / Austria and Los Angeles
CHARACTERS Hedy Lamar
COMMENTS I had watched a documentary and was aware of Hedy Lamar’s inventive, creative, technical background. I really enjoyed ...more
An interesting novelization of part of Hedy Lamarr’s life, but it focuses mostly on her marriage to arms dealer Fritz Mandl than it does her contribution to science and technology. Beyond a few vague references to “sketches of scientific ideas” the scientist in her doesn’t make an appearance until nearly 80% into the book.
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