Bibliograph

Ada Lovelace, mathematician and first programmer, Kristi Lew

Type

Label

Ada Lovelace, mathematician and first programmer, Kristi Lew

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ada Lovelace

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kristi Lew

Series statement

Britannica beginner bios

Sub title

mathematician and first programmer

Summary

Nearly one hundred years before the advent of the computer age, Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, published the first set of instructions intended to extract data from a machine. This accessible, engaging biography will introduce readers to the mathematician who is considered by many to be the world's first computer programmer. Readers follow Lovelace, the daughter of renowned romantic poet Lord Byron and his highly educated, analytical wife, Annabella, from her sickly childhood to her untimely death at age thirty-six. What emerges is a compelling portrait of a woman who overcame Victorian conventions to become a pioneer in computer science

Target audience

juvenile

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