Hedy Lamarr’s how-to tip on looking glamorous was the penultimate invitation to underestimate. While she stood still, she was thinking like the rocket scientist she was. See Richard Rhodes‘ “Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.” Mary Anderson was no actress. Like all American women of her era, [...]
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