Ada Lovelace: Computer Wizard of Victorian England (Great Victorians) - Softcover

Lethbridge, Lucy

 
9781904095767: Ada Lovelace: Computer Wizard of Victorian England (Great Victorians)

Synopsis

Daughter of the 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 scientist Charles Babbage, who had just built an amazing 'thinking machine'. Thus began a remarkable collaboration in the invention of computer. Ages 10+.

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About the Author

Lucy Lethbridge is a freelance journalist and literary editor of The Tablet. She lives in Camden, London. She has written two other biographies in the WHO WAS series, Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter of the Wild West, and Ada Lovelace, Computer Wizard of Victorian England, which won the Blue Peter Book Award in 2002.

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Daughter of the 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 scientist Charles Babbage, who had just built an amazing 'thinking machine'. Thus began a remarkable collaboration in the invention of computer. Ages 10+.

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9781904095026: Ada Lovelace: The Computer Wizard Of Victorian England (Blue Peter Book Awards Winner)

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ISBN 10:  190409502X ISBN 13:  9781904095026
Publisher: Short Books Ltd, 2001
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