Bibliograph

Dreaming in code, Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer, Emily Arnold McCully

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Dreaming in code, Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer, Emily Arnold McCully

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157), glossary and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsfacsimilesphotographs

Index

index present

Intended audience

1110L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dreaming in code

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Emily Arnold McCully

Sub title

Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer

Summary

An award-winning author presents an illuminating biography of Ada Lovelace, the brilliant daughter of Lord Byron, Britain’s most infamous Romantic poet, who is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age for her ideas and concepts, formulated in collaboration with inventor Charles Babbage, that presaged computer programming by almost 200 years

Table Of Contents

1816-1824. Born into scandal -- Mother and child with governesses -- She has a father -- 1825-1832. Her imagination soars -- Guarded by furies -- An elopement -- 1833-1835. Meeting Babbage -- A role model -- Courtship and marriage -- 1836-1842. Motherhood -- Grasping for mathematics -- The new en-- A restless student -- 1842-1852. Masterwork -- At loose ends -- Restless spirit -- An awful death

Target audience

juvenile

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Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer

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