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Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Ada, condesa de Lovelace (1815-1852), fue hija del poeta romántico Lord Byron y su esposa, Anna Isabella. A pesar de ser una actividad inusual para las jóvenes de la época, estudió ciencias y matemáticas desde muy pronto y habitualmente se la considera la primera programadora informática del mundo, por lo que se ha convertido en un icono para las mujeres en el ámbito de la tecnología. Este libro utiliza material de archivo inédito para explorar su infancia precoz, desde sus ideas sobre un caballo volador a vapor hasta preguntas penetrantes sobre la naturaleza de los arcoíris. Persona muy activa en la élite social y científica del Londres victoriano junto con Mary Somerville, Michael Faraday y Charles Dickens, Ada Lovelace quedó fascinada con las máquinas informáticas ideadas por Charles Babbage y desarrolló una tabla de fórmulas matemáticas que se ha llegado a considerar el «primer programa informático». Este libro muestra cómo nuestra protagonista, con una asombrosa clarividencia, exploró cuestiones matemáticas claves para entender los principios de la informática moderna. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.…

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new. Appears unread. Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815­-52), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and the highly educated Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer, and she has become an icon for women in technology today. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal schooling or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science? Although it was an unusual pursuit for women at the time, Ada Lovelace studied science and mathematics from a young age. This book uses previously unpublished archival material to explore her precocious childhood—from her curiosity about the science of rainbows to her design for a steam-powered flying horse—as well as her ambitious young adulthood. Active in Victorian London's social and scientific elite alongside Mary Somerville, Michael Faraday, and Charles Dickens, Ada Lovelace became fascinated by the computing machines of Charles Babbage, whose ambitious, unbuilt invention known as the "Analytical Engine" inspired Lovelace to devise a table of mathematical formulae which many now refer to as the "first program." Ada Lovelace died at just thirty-six, but her work strikes a chord to this day, offering clear explanations of the principles of computing, and exploring ideas about computer music and artificial intelligence that have been realized in modern digital computers. Featuring detailed illustrations of the "first program" alongside mathematical models, correspondence, and contemporary images, this book shows how Ada Lovelace, with astonishing prescience, first investigated the key mathematical questions behind the principles of modern computing. Christopher Hollings is departmental lecturer in the Oxford Mathematical Institute, and a senior research fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford. Ursula Martin is a professor at the University of Oxford whose research interests span mathematics, computer science, and the humanities. Adrian Rice is professor of mathematics at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia.…

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Rústica. Condition: New. Ada, comtessa de Lovelace (1815-1852), va ser filla del poeta romàntic Lord Byron i la seua esposa, Anna Isabella. Malgrat ser una activitat inusual per a les joves de l'època, va estudiar ciències i matemàtiques des de molt prompte i habitualment se la considera la primera programadora informàtica del món, per la qual cosa s'ha convertit en una icona per a les dones en l'àmbit de la tecnologia. Aquest llibre utilitza material d'arxiu inèdit per a explorar la seua infància precoç, des de les seues idees sobre un cavall volador a vapor fins a preguntes penetrants sobre la naturalesa dels arcs de Sant Martí. Persona molt activa en l'elit social i científica del Londres victorià juntament amb Mary Somerville, Michael Faraday i Charles Dickens, Ada Lovelace va quedar fascinada amb les màquines informàtiques ideades per Charles Babbage i va desenvolupar una taula de fórmules matemàtiques que s'ha arribat a considerar el «primer programa informàtic». Aquest llibre mostra com la nostra protagonista, amb una sorprenent clarividència, va explorar qüestions matemàtiques claus per a entendre els principis de la informàtica moderna.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The tremendous growth of the mathematical sciences in the early modern world was reflected contemporaneously in an increasingly sophisticated level of practical mathematics in fields such as merchants' accounts, instrument making, teaching, navigation, and gauging. In many ways, mathematics shaped the knowledge culture of the age, infiltrating workshops, dockyards, and warehouses, before extending through the factories of the Industrial Revolution to the tradingcompanies and banks of the nineteenth century.While theoretical developments in the history of mathematics have been made the topic of numerous scholarly investigations, in manycases based around the work of key figures such as Descartes, Huygens, Leibniz, or Newton, practical mathematics, especially from the seventeenth century onwards, has been largely neglected.The present volume, comprising fifteen essays by leading authorities in the history of mathematics, seeks to fill this gap by exemplifying the richness, diversity, and breadth of mathematical practice from the seventeenth century through to the middle of the nineteenth century. Comprising fifteen essays by leading authorities in the history of mathematics, this volume aims to exemplify the richness, diversity, and breadth of mathematical practice from the seventeenth century through to the middle of the nineteenth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. The theory of semigroups is a relatively young branch of mathematics, with most of the major results having appeared after the Second World War. This book describes the evolution of (algebraic) semigroup theory from its earliest origins to the establishment of a full-fledged theory. Semigroup theory might be termed 'Cold War mathematics' because of the time during which it developed. There were thriving schools on both sides of the Iron Curtain, although the two sides were not always able to communicate with each other, or even gain access to the other's publications. A major theme of this book is the comparison of the approaches to the subject of mathematicians in East and West, and the study of the extent to which contact between the two sides was possible.…

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