Ada Lovelace The Computer Wizard of Victorian England

Lucy Lethbridge

ISBN 10: 190409502X / ISBN 13: 9781904095026

Published by Short Books, 2001

About this Item

Good condition soft cover pictorial cover, no DJ. 93 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, previous owner written name on title page. "Daughter of the famous 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 Charles Babbage, a scientist and techno-whizz who had just built an amazing new 'THINKING MACHINE'. Ada and Mr. Babbage made a perfect partnership, which produced the most important invention of the modern world - THE COMPUTER!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ada Lovelace The Computer Wizard of Victorian England
• Publisher: Short Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 190409502X
• ISBN 13: 9781904095026
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Lesley Kerman
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Daughter of the famous romantic poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words. Lady Byron wanted Ada to be as unlike her father as possible. Ada grew up surrounded by an army of tutors who taught her every subject every waking moment, except for poetry. In 1843 Ada came to the attention of Charles Babbage, a scientist and inventor who had just built a miraculous machine called the ‘Difference Engine’. Ada and Mr Babbage started working together – a perfect partnership which led to the most important invention of the modern the computer!Short Books is re-releasing some of its finest writing as a newly designed series of six children’s biographies called The Great Victorians. These are entertaining and engaging stories of some of history’s most fascinating characters. They tell history in a novelistic, engaging way, a halfway house between storybooks and traditional history. There is abundant humour and drama too. With beautifully designed covers these books will catch the eyes of parents as well as children. Also published in a highly collectable set.