• Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Compute
Author(s): Fiona Robinson
No. of Pages: 40 pages
Date Published: 02 Aug 2016
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback | 40 pages
Dimensions: 210 x 289 x 10mm | 440g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Full-colour illustrations

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's "mad" love of poetry, but Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics "poetical science." Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in "programming" his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.
Book Info
Author Fiona Robinson
Date Published 2016-08-02
Dimensions 210 x 289 x 10mm
First Author Fiona Robinson
Format Hardback
Illustrations Full-colour illustrations
ISBN 9781419718724
Language English
No. of Pages 40
Publication City/Country New York, United States
Publisher Abrams

Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Compute

  • Fiona Robinson
  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Abrams
  • ISBN: 9781419718724
  • Availability:In Stock
  • $392