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Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers
Ada King Countess of Lovelace
其他書名
A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer
出版Strawberry Press, 1992
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / HistoricalBiography & Autobiography / Science & TechnologyBiography & Autobiography / WomenComputers / Hardware / Cell Phones & DevicesComputers / HistoryLiterary Criticism / GeneralMathematics / General
ISBN09126470949780912647098
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wlZQAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Toole did research for more than eight years, burying herself in British archives and libraries to narrate and edit this extraordinary collection of letters written by Ada Lovelace. Not only do they outline Ada's ingenuity for the sciences, but they also enlighten us on all aspects of Lady Lovelace's multidimensional life: her passionate desire to flourish in a "man's world," her battle with drug addiction and chronic sickness, and her efforts as a mother and wife. Lovelace also had a reputation as a wild gambler and a lover. Ada was one of the first to write programs of instructions for Babbage's Analytical Engines, the famous precursors to the modern digital computer. Ada's letters are some of the classic founding documents of cybernetics and computer science, written nearly a century before ENIAC.