Hedy Lamarr Quotes
Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
Topics
Citizens, Citizenship
Experts, Expertise
Founding Fathers
Presidential Power, Presidential Powers
Washington D.C.
White House
Architectural History
Executive Mansion
Historical Ignorance
Knowledge Gaps
Knowledge Limitations
Limited Knowledge
Presidential History
Presidential Residence
Expertise Limitations
Expert Fallibility
Citations
Lamarr, Hedy. Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman. Bartholomew House, 1966.
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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28-year career in Europe and the United States, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication, originally intended for torpedo guidance.