TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,Beverley
TI  - The world's first computer programmer
SN  - 9781399082501 (hbk.) :
AV  - QA29 
U1  - 920 LOV 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Barnsley
PB  - Pen & Sword History
KW  - Lovelace, Ada King,
KW  - Women mathematicians
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - Computer algorithms
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biography & non-fiction prose
KW  - thema
KW  - Gender studies: women & girls
N2  - The name Ada Lovelace perhaps is not a name that you would automatically link to computer science but she was in fact the first person to create a computer algorithm. Working with the renowned scientist Charles Babbage, Lovelace translated a set of notes on Babbage's new mechanical computer, The Analytical Engine and discovered that in fact it could be programmed to do more than mere mathematical calculations. Lovelace may have been a mathematical genius but as the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron she was also a figure of great scrutiny. Abandoned by her father at just four weeks old, Ada endured a strict childhood in the care of her mother who was adamant that her daughter would not inherit the so-called Byron madness. She ensured Ada was denied all things that were considered exciting and was pushed more towards the logical subjects such as science and mathematics
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