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Dreaming in Code: ADA Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer

By Mccully, Emily Arnold

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Dreaming in Code: ADA Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer

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This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a kindred spirit. Their ensuing collaborations resulted in ideas and concepts that presaged computer programming by almost two hundred years, and Ada Lovelace is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age. Award-winning author Emily Arnold McCully opens the window on a peculiar and singular intellect, shaped — and hampered — by history, social norms, and family dysfunction. The result is a portrait that is at once remarkable and fascinating, tragic and triumphant.
Product details
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2019-03-12
Publication Date:
2019-03-12
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0763693561
ISBN13:
9780763693565
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
12
Maximum Reading Age:
12
Weight:
499 g
Height:
178 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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