A Female Genius: How Ada Lovelace Started the Computer Age - Brossura

Essinger, James

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ISBN 10: 1908096667 ISBN 13: 9781908096661

Casa editrice: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's only legitimate daughter, was rediscovered in the 1930s by pioneers such as Alan Turing, who invented the world's first computer. Four decades on, Ada, a widely-used scientific computer programme, would be named after her. A Female Genius tells the remarkable story of her life, how she overcame the obstacles in her way; her background, her over-bearing mother, her ill health and being a woman in the male-dominated 19th century. It also tells the story how the computer age could have started almost two centuries ago, in 1840s London. Ada Lovelace was the only one who understood this, despite opposition that the principles of science were 'beyond the strength of a woman's physical power of application'. She, for example, wrote the world's first computer programme and foresaw that computers could create music. There are still some who believe she is 'overrated' - the reason why James Essinger researched this book.

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Recensione

'Anyone who thinks [Lovelace's] famous contribution to computer science is overrated, should read James Essinger's new biography... This concise and readable account gives Lovelace's work the respect it deserves.' --Christine Evans-Pughe, Engineering and Technology Magazine

'Appealing.' --Andrew Robinson, BBC Focus Magazine

'Notable.' --Scotsman

L'autore

James Essinger previously wrote Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age (OUP 2004), which was chosen as one of the top 5 popular science books of the year by the Economist. While doing research for this book, he became fascinated by Ada Lovelace. He was educated at Lincoln College (University of Oxford) and lives in Canterbury.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908096667
• ISBN 13: 9781908096661
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile