Ada Lovelace: Bride of Science
Romance, Reason and Byron's Daughter
$44.64
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2015
Summary
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, was born in 1815 just after the Battle of Waterloo, and died aged 36, soon after the Great Exhibition of 1851. She was connected with some of the most influential and colourful characters of the age: Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. It was her work with Babbage that led to her being credited with the invention of computer programming and to her name being adopted for the programming language that controls the US mi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447272540 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447272544 |
| Author: | Benjamin Woolley |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Woolley has a great story to tell and does it with racy vigour
Woolley has a great story to tell and does it with racy vigour – Maggie Gee * Daily Telegraph *
A splendid and enthralling portrait – Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *
An amazing story * Independent *
An entertaining and thoughtful biography * Guardian *
Benjamin Woolley
Benjamin Woolley is an author and broadcaster whose work covers subjects ranging from the origins of virtual reality to the history of colonial America. His books have been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese, and his documentaries broadcast across the world.
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