Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine

 

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world's first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.

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Subject(s)Computing
Author(s)Laurie Wallmark
Age5-7, 7-11
Published2015
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Shelf referenceF WAL
ISN/ISBN9781939547200
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xetck

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