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Ada Lovelace : mathematician and first programmer / Kristi Lew.

By: Lew, Kristi.
Series: Britannica beginner bios.Publisher: New York, NY, USA : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781680488128 (library bound : alk. paper); 1680488120 (library bound : alk. paper); 9781680488111 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1680488112 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781538300220 (6 pack : alk. paper); 1538300222 (6 pack : alk. paper).Subject(s): Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 -- Juvenile literature | Women mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Women computer programmers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Computer programmers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 510.92 L58 2018
Contents:
Who was Ada Lovelace? -- A young mathematician -- Studying machines -- Reason meets imagination -- Remembering Ada.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Who was Ada Lovelace? --
A young mathematician --
Studying machines --
Reason meets imagination --
Remembering Ada.

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.

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