Ada's Ideas

Robinson Fiona

Description

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's "mad" love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics "poetical science." Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in "programming" his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 02 août 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781613129135
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Fiona Robinson

The Story of

Ada Lovelace

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World s First Computer Programmer
nce there was a girl named Ada who dreamed of making

a steam-powered flying horse.

Her mother despaired. She wanted Ada s feet planted

firmly on the ground. She wanted her daughter to marry and lead

the ordinary life of a nineteenth-century English lady.

But Ada Lovelace s ideas would carry her far above the ordinary.

She would become the world s first computer programmer!