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.
year: 2019, 2022
call number/section: 921, 920, 92, 1000, 510.92
subjects: lovelace, ada king, countess of, 1815-1852, women mathematicians, great britain, biography, coding theory, computers, history, 19th century, juvenile literature, juvenile literature, mathematicians, women, biographies
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McCully, Emily Arnold
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.
Schools: 15
McCully, Emily Arnold
Candlewick Press (2019)
Chronicles the life and career of mathematician Ada Byron Lovelace.
Schools: 0
McCully, Emily Arnold
Candlewick Press (2022)
Chronicles the life and career of mathematician Ada Byron Lovelace.
Schools: 1
McCully, Emily Arnold
Candlewick Press (2022)
Chronicles the life and career of mathematician Ada Byron Lovelace.
Schools: 1