Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer

Betty Alexandra Toole; Ada Lovelace

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ISBN 10: 0912647094 ISBN 13: 9780912647098

Published by Strawberry Press, Mill Valley, California, 1992

Language: English

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23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xv439pp. Maroon cloth in dust jacket. There is a review of the book affixed to the front endpapers.

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Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer

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Strawberry Press, Mill Valley, California

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1992

Language

English

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0912647094

ISBN 13

9780912647098

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Hardcover

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Stated first edition.

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Near Fine

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A revision of the life and work of Ada Lovelace, which contains nearly 400 letters. She was Lord Byron's daughter and acted as interpretress for Charles Babbage, the computer pioneer. She was one of the first people to write programmes of instruction for Babbage's analytical engines.

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