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41) Ada Lovelace
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"The book is about Ada Lovelace and her life in science."--
42) Ada Lovelace
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Pequeña and grande volume 10
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Ada Lovelace, hija de lord Byron, fue una matemática y escritora británica, un genio en constante lucha entre el raciocinio y la emoción. Ada dedujo y previó la capacidad de un ordenador para ir más allá de los simples cálculos matemáticos y describió el primer lenguaje de programación, por lo que está considerada la primera programadora de la historia.
43) Ada Lovelace
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"Born during a short-lived marriage between the Romantic poet Lord Byron and an educated mathematician, Lovelace felt the pull of both the creative and scientific worlds. As a lonely and sickly young girl, Lovelace spent her hours building a flying machine and other inventions. While her mother pushed the study of mathematics on her, Lovelace often applied poetic and intuitive thinking to scientific concepts. It was during her work with mathematician...
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"Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the dangerous romantic poet whose name was a byword for scandal. Over the past decades, Ada Lovelace herself has become a surprise underground star for digital pioneers all over the world, starting with Alan Turing, but also for female scientists in general. Ada's Algorithm tells the story of Ada Lovelace's turbulent private life as the poet's daughter and her exceptional achievement. It traces...
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In Ada Lovelace and Computing we follow the daughter of Lord Byron as she overcomes challenges both personal and scientific, dealing with her mother's controlling behaviour and the indifference or derision of male scientists to become a pioneering and hugely-important figure in the rise of computer technology. This narrative non-fiction series tells the stories of great moments in science as if through the eyes of the scientists and inventors themselves....
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Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and his highly educated wife, Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer and has become an icon for women in technology. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal school or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science? Although an unusual pursuit for women...
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