Age
9-12
Grade
3-9
Trina Robbins, Cynthia Martin
Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System
Paperback
(Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006)
, 1st edition
Discover the brilliant life of Hedy Lamarr in this full-color graphic novel. This talented film actress became an influential scientist with her invention of a secret radio system in the early 1940s, a building block of today’s wireless communications. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.
- Series
- Inventions and Discovery
- ISBN
- 0736896414 / 9780736896412
- Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 4.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 0.1 in.
Enjoy reading Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System? You may also like these books
-
V
Andrea Gianopoulos, Phil Miller, Charles Barnett III
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
R
Kay Melchisedech Olson, Tod G. Smith
Johann Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
V
David Lee Seidman, Charles Barnett III, Keith Williams, Rod Whigham
Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
R
Katherine Krohn, Al Milgrom
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
V
Jennifer Lee Fandel, Charles Barnett III, Rodney Ramos, Keith Wilson
Louis Pasteur and Pasteurization
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
S
Jessica Gunderson, Charles Barnett III, Rodney Ramos, Gerry Acerno
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
T
Kay Melchisedech Olson
Frank Zamboni and the Ice-Resurfacing Machine
Library Binding (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2007) -
R
Nathan Olson, Charles Barnett III, Dave Hoover, Keith Williams
Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
S
Katherine Krohn, Bill Anderson, Charles Barnett III, Richard Dominquez, Dave Hoover
Madam C. J. Walker and New Cosmetics
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
R
Trina Robbins, Cynthia Martin, Anne Timmons
Elizabeth Blackwell:America's First Woman Doctor
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
T
Jennifer Lee Fandel, Keith Tucker
Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
T
Connie Rose Miller, Mark Heike, Scott Larson
Marie Curie and Radioactivity
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
S
Xavier W. Niz, Charles Barnett III, Keith Williams, Steve Erwin
The Wright Brothers and the Airplane
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
T
Michael John O'Hearn, Charles Barnett III, Phil Miller, Keith Wilson
Henry Ford and the Model T
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
R
Jennifer Lee Fandel, Al Milgrom, Gordon Purcell
George Eastman and the Kodak Camera
Paperback (Capstone Press Jan. 1, 2007) -
T
Scott R. Welvaert, Charles Barnett III, Phil Miller
Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
U
Ellen Sturm Niz, Keith Tucker
Philo Farnsworth and the Television
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
S
Michael John O'Hearn, Charles Barnett III, Ron Frenz
Jake Burton Carpenter and the Snowboard
Paperback (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2006) -
V
Heather Adamson
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Library Binding (Capstone Press Sept. 1, 2007)
