Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer by Betty Alexandra Toole, Ada Lovelace

Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer

Betty Alexandra Toole, Ada Lovelace

439 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative lighthearted slow-paced

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A revision of the life and work of Ada Lovelace, which contains nearly 400 letters. She was Lord Byron's daughter and acted as interpretress for Charles Babbage, the computer pioneer. She was one of the first people to write programmes of instruct...

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