Ada Lovelace
Computer Wizard of Victorian England
Published on 20. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-904095-76-7 (ISBN)
Description
Daughter of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words. In 1834 she came to the attention of scientist Charles Babbage, who had just built an amazing 'thinking machine'. Thus began a remarkable collaboration in the invention of computer. Ages 10+.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 19 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
99 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904095-76-7 (9781904095767)
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Person
Lucy Lethbridge has written for a number of publications and is the author of Servants (2012) and Spit and Polish. She lives in London. Who was Ada Lovelace? won the 2004 Blue Peter Award for non-fiction.