A Female Genius How Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's Daughter, Started the Computer Age

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Publisher's Synopsis

This biography tells the story of the woman who, alongside Charles Babbage, invented the world's first computer. The daughter of Lord Byron, Ada was the visionary who recognised the true potential of Babbage's cog-wheel computer, The Analytical Engine. She demonstrated to the world that computers wouldn't merely be adding machines, but that they would be able to think.

Book information

ISBN: 9781908096661
Publisher: Gibson Square
Imprint: Gibson Square
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 276g
Height: 218mm
Width: 143mm
Spine width: 23mm