Ada, a life and a legacy

The subject of this biography "was the daughter of Lord Byron ... based on her report on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, she is also generally regarded as the inventor of the science of computer programming"--P. [4] of cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Stein, Dorothy
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1985.
SeriesMIT Press series in the history of computing.
Subjects
Lovelace, Ada King, > Countess of, > 1815-1852.
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262257039
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xix, 321 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • I understand, Mama
  • The much desired great unknown
  • This first child of mine
  • In time I will do all, I dare say
  • My dearest mate
  • I begin to understand death
  • Hide me under the shadow
  • Appendix : Unnatural feelings mental and bodily.

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