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Ada Lovelace : The Making Of A Computer Scientist hardcover english - 15 Jul 2018

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Publisher	The Bodleian Library
ISBN 10	1851244883
Book Format	Hardcover
Book Subtitle	The Making of a Computer Scientist
Editorial Review	Particularly fascinating is her correspondence with De Morgan, in which strings of numbers, signs and equilateral triangles dance excitedly across the page.' 'This lavishly illustrated short biography draws on much unpublished material such as her correspondence with the leading mathematician Augustus De Morgan.'
Publication Date	15 Jul 2018

ISBN 13	9781851244881
Author	Christopher Hollings, Ursula Martin, Adrian Rice
Language	English
Book Description	Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and his highly educated wife, Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer and has become an icon for women in technology. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal school or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science?Although an unusual pursuit for women at the time, Ada Lovelace studied science and mathematics from a young age. This book uses previously unpublished archival material to explore her precocious childhood, from her ideas for a steam-powered flying horse to penetrating questions about the science of rainbows. A remarkable correspondence course with the eminent mathematician Augustus De Morgan shows her developing into a gifted, perceptive and knowledgeable mathematician. Active in Victorian London's social and scientific elite alongside Mary Somerville, Michael Faraday and Charles Dickens, Ada Lovelace became fascinated by the computing machines devised by Charles Babbage. The table of mathematical formulae sometimes called the `first programme' occurs in her paper about his most ambitious invention, his unbuilt `Analytical Engine'. Ada Lovelace died at just thirty-six, but her paper still strikes a chord to this day, with clear explanations of the principles of computing, and broader ideas on computer music and artificial intelligence now realised in modern digital computers. Featuring images of the `first programme' and Lovelace's correspondence, alongside mathematical models, and contemporary illustrations, this book shows how Ada Lovelace, with astonishing prescience, explored key mathematical questions to understand the principles behind modern computing.
About the Author	Christopher Hollings is a Departmental Lecturer in the Oxford Mathematical Institute, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. Ursula Martin is a Professor at the University of Oxford whose research interests span mathematics, computer science and the humanities. Adrian Rice is Professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, USA.
Number of Pages	128

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