Ada Lovelace - The Making of a Computer Scientist Pevná vazba
Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-52), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and the highly educated Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer, and she has become an icon…
Specifikacia Ada Lovelace - The Making of a Computer Scientist Pevná vazba
Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-52), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and the highly educated Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer, and she has become an icon for women in technology today. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal schooling or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science?Although it was an unusual pursuit for women at the time, Ada Lovelace studied science and mathematics from a young age. This book uses previously unpublished archival material to explore her precocious childhood--from her curiosity about the science of rainbows to her design for a steam-powered flying horse--as well as her ambitious young adulthood. Active in Victorian London's social and scientific elite alongside Mary Somerville, Michael Faraday, and Charles