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Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger
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Published January 1, 1892
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January 16, 2024
A biography of the first female computer programmer (before computers even technically existed) and the world she inhabited…
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger is a fairly straightforward and dry biography of one of the most important “human calculators” in human history…
ADA Lovelace may have had a famous father, but she achieved sufficient fame on her own that also last after her death (though she may not have had much of it during life).
Aside from chapters which cover her father, mother, and colleague/friend Charles Babbage, the story of Ada Lovelace is that of a young heiress given the chance to learn and better herself.
While this book doesn’t offer up and saucy anecdotes to give us fun thoughts, it does break down many of the people such as politicians, celebrities, and scientists that she had contact with.
Peppered throughout each chapter are journals and correspondence by either ADA or people that knew her, giving us an idea of how they thought during those periods of time.
While some may debate the contribution of Lovelace to the development of computers (and the book makes sure to give shoutouts to the various scientists whose work proceeded and contributed to her own achievements with Babbage), her efforts during the 19th century cannot be disputed thanks to the thorough documentation that exists.
Who thought that one of the world’s most famous poets would have a daughter who would become one of the most notable programmers, essentially a Hedy Lamarr of the 19th century…
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger is a fairly straightforward and dry biography of one of the most important “human calculators” in human history…
ADA Lovelace may have had a famous father, but she achieved sufficient fame on her own that also last after her death (though she may not have had much of it during life).
Aside from chapters which cover her father, mother, and colleague/friend Charles Babbage, the story of Ada Lovelace is that of a young heiress given the chance to learn and better herself.
While this book doesn’t offer up and saucy anecdotes to give us fun thoughts, it does break down many of the people such as politicians, celebrities, and scientists that she had contact with.
Peppered throughout each chapter are journals and correspondence by either ADA or people that knew her, giving us an idea of how they thought during those periods of time.
While some may debate the contribution of Lovelace to the development of computers (and the book makes sure to give shoutouts to the various scientists whose work proceeded and contributed to her own achievements with Babbage), her efforts during the 19th century cannot be disputed thanks to the thorough documentation that exists.
Who thought that one of the world’s most famous poets would have a daughter who would become one of the most notable programmers, essentially a Hedy Lamarr of the 19th century…
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