Ada Lovelace

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"In 1833, Ada Lovelace met mathematician Charles Babbage, inventor of calculating machines. She went on to devise a way of inputting data into Babbage's Analytical Machine, and in doing so became the first ever computer programmer. ... Learn all about Ada Lovelace's fascinating life, including her famous father (celebrated poet Lord Byron), her talent for languages and mathematics, and her predictions for how computers could change our lives."--Amazon.com

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Title Statements

Full title :Ada Lovelace / by Nancy F. Castaldo ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019
Edition:First American edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):DK Publishing
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:128 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781465485410, 1465485414, 9781465485403, 1465485406, 9780241386224, 0241386225, 9781544437637, 1544437633
oclc:on1081347029
LC Classification:QA29.L72
Dewey Decimal:510.92

Watching rainbows in the sky -- Celebrity daughter -- Science not art -- Flyology -- Presented at court -- Meeting Charles Babbage -- Like weaving flowers -- The Countess of Lovelace -- The analytical engine -- The enchantress -- The great exhibition -- A legacy of poetical science.

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