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Was the World’s Most Beautiful Woman Also the World’s Smartest?

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December 2011

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Maital, S. (2011). Was the World’s Most Beautiful Woman Also the World’s Smartest?. Samuel Neaman Institute.
https://www.neaman.org.il/en/was-the-worlds-most-beautiful-woman-also-the-worlds-smartest-2/

This is one of the strangest stories I’ve encountered, in the realm of creativity and innovation. It is about Hedy Lamarr. Very few readers will be old enough to remember this stunning Hollywood movie star of the 1940’s, who appeared in Samson and Delilah, Ziegfield Girl, Tortilla Flat, and others. Few know her patent forms the foundation for cell phone technology. Here is her story. 

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