A picture book introduction to the daughter of poet Lord Byron and mathematician Anna Isabella Milbanke describes how she blended her parents' educational approaches and forged a friendship with inventor Charles Babbage before developing a language for programming his computer-precursor Analytical Engine. 10,000 first printing.
"A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, by the award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson"--
A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
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.
