Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
Over 150 years after her death, a widely-used scientific computer program was named "Ada," after Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth century's version of a rock star, Lord Byron. Why? Because, after computer pioneers such as Alan Turing began to rediscover her, it slowly became apparent that she had been a key but overlooked figure in the invention of the computer. In Ada's Algorithm, James Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started two centuries ago if Lovelace's contemporaries had recognized her research and fully grasped its implications.
Based on ten years of research and filled with fascinating characters and observations of the period, not to mention numerous illustrations, Essinger tells Ada's fascinating story in unprecedented detail to absorbing and inspiring effect.
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| Recommended Age | Adults |
|---|---|
| Author | James Essinger |
| ISBN | 1612194575 |
| Publication Date | Sep 28, 2015 |
| Publisher | Melville House |
| Language | English |
