Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the

Description: Ada's Algorithm by James Essinger How Ada Lovelace, Lord Byrons daughter, became the worlds first computer programmer in 1842 and would have started the digital age. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Through the infamous divorce of her parents, Ada Lovelace became the most talked-about child in Georgian Britain. This riveting biography tells the extraordinary yet little known story of her life and times-when mathematics was as fashionable as knitting among women and Ada became the worlds first computer programmer. But for her eras view on gender, Ada would single-handedly have started the digital age more than two centuries ago. Author Biography James Essinger studied at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He writes about ideas that have had a seminal impact on the modern world and currently lives in Canterbury. Table of Contents Preface1Poetic Beginnings2Lord Byron: A Scandalous Ancestry3Annabella: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes4The Manor of Parallelograms5The Art of Flying6Love7Silken Threads8When Ada Met Charles9The Thinking Machine10Kinship11Mad Scientist12The Analytical Engine13The Jacquard Loom14A Mind with a View15Adas Offer to Babbage16The Enchantress of Number17A Horrible Death18RedemptionAfterwordNotesAcknowledgementsIndex Review Anyone who thinks [Lovelaces] famous contribution to computer science is overrated, should read James Essingers new biography... This concise and readable account gives Lovelaces work the respect it deserves.-Engineering and Technology Magazine; Entertaining and illuminating.-Times Literary Supplement; Essinger displays not only verve and affection ... but also great scholarship.-Times Educational Supplement; The story [that] might have kick-started the computer age a century sooner.-Independent on Sunday; First lady of computers... what mark Ada might have made.; -Sunday Express; Appealing.-BBC Focus Magazine; [An] engrossing biography.-New York Times Book Review; A tantalizing topic... The story of a society proceeding irrevocably but ambivalently into the modern age, enthralled by advances in science and technology, adapting to new social mores, and yet still beholden to many antiquated traditions.; -Wall Street Journal; Essinger is a terrific storyteller, and he knows a great story when he sees it. Adas Algorithm is a riveting read.-American Scientist; A fine new Lovelace biography... We need her as a symbol...of all the women who have contributed to the progress of science and technology, and of all the women who might have contributed if given the chance.; -Slate; Readers are treated to an intimate portrait of Lovelaces short but significant life along with an abbreviated history of 19th-century high-society London.-New Criterion; Irresistible ... If more people could have understood Babbages machine the way Lovelace did - indeed, if they had not all but ignored her paper, perhaps because the author was a woman - computing might have had a far earlier start.; -Chicago Tribune; A revealing firsthand look into Adas life and her relationship with Babbage, relying heavily on their journal entries and letters to each other... One of the most innovative minds of the 19th century.-Boston Globe; Stepping out of the long shadow of Lord Byrons legacy, Essinger follows the visionary mind of Lovelace as she, applying her educated mind to the Analytical Engine, creates the first recognized algorithm and casts a shadow on modern technology as long as her fathers on poetry.-Biographile, Required Reading; [Essinger] presents Adas story with great enthusiasm and rich detail... Ada continues to inspire, and by using her own voice via letters and research, the author brings her to life for a new generation of intrepid female innovators. A robust, engaging and exciting biography.-Kirkus Reviews; Absorbing... Essingers tome is undergirded by academic research, but it is the authors prose, both graceful and confident, that will draw in a general readership. Readers are treated to an intimate portrait of Lovelaces short but significant life...along with an abbreviated history of 19th-century high-society London.-Publishers Weekly; The author provides an engaging...look at [Lovelaces] parents romance, her childhood, her lifelong fascination with mathematics, and, mostly, her friendship with [Charles Babbage].; -Booklist; unfolding, generating a sense of place, time, drama and, at times, delectable gossip.-PC Magazine; The biography contains just the kind of moments of triumph I like to read about: Ada overcoming obstacles to get an education and make genius contributions to science.-Bitch Magazine; Essinger describes [Lovelaces] life with obvious respect, perhaps admiration, but also with a careful sense of journalistic objectivity and precision.-Geeky Library; A portrait of a particularly fascinating woman.-Jezebel; A window on the life of one of the worlds first celebrity scientists.-io9 Review Quote The story (that) might have kick-started the computer age a century sooner Independent on Sunday Description for Sales People 11th October is the annual Ada Lovelace day (women in science), celebrated with numerous events throughout the world. Details ISBN1783340711 Author James Essinger ISBN-10 1783340711 ISBN-13 9781783340712 Media Book Pages 256 Publisher Gibson Square Books Ltd Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-10-13 Format Paperback Short Title Adas Algorithm Language English Imprint Gibson Square Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2016-10-13 UK Release Date 2016-10-13 Subtitle How Lord Byrons Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers DEWEY 510.92 Audience General AU Release Date 2016-10-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161889506;

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