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Item Details
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ADA LOVELACE
THE MATHEMATICAL GENIUS |
| By: |
Lucy Lethbridge |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780723199 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780723198 |
| Publisher: |
SHORT BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2017 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
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. A hundred years before the dawn of digital technology, Ada was working out how to build a machine that could operate like a human mind, this machine is what we now call the computer! |
| 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 world: the computer! |
| Reader Age: |
From 9 to 12 years |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Short Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Blue Peter Book Award: Best Book with Facts 2002 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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