Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and his highly educated wife, Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer and has become an icon for women in technology. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal school or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science?0Although an unusual pursuit for women at the time, Ada Lovelace studied science and mathematics from a young age. This book uses previously unpublished archival material to explore her…
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Editions
2 editions · 2 languages
Hardcover · English · 2018
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford · 128 pages · 9781851244881
Paperback · Spanish · 2019
Publicacions de la Universitat de Valencia · 144 pages · 9788491345008
Women mathematiciansGreat britain, biographyBiographyWomen in computer scienceWomen computer programmersComputer programmingHistoryMathematicians
