Charles and Ada: The Computer's Most Passionate Partnership

Essinger, James

ISBN 10: 0750990953 / ISBN 13: 9780750990950

Published by The History Press, Cheltenham, U.K., 2019

About this Item

First published 2019, stated; a trade paperback with French flaps. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: "Best wishes to [??] from James / September 8 2019." The book is unmarked; spine slanted but uncreased; top corners and spine ends lightly bumped; Mylar protected. Seller Inventory # 014181

Bibliographic Details

Title: Charles and Ada: The Computer's Most ...

Publisher: The History Press, Cheltenham, U.K.

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The partnership of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace was one that would change science forever. They were an unlikely pair – one the professor son of a banker, the other the only child of an acclaimed poet and a social-reforming mathematician – but perhaps that is why their work was so revolutionary. They were the pioneers of computer science, creating plans for what could have been the first computer. They each saw things the other did not: it may have been Charles who designed the machines, but it was Ada who could see their potential. But what were they like? And how did they work together? Using previously unpublished correspondence between them, Charles and Ada explores the relationship between two remarkable people who shared dreams far ahead of their time.

About the Author:

JAMES ESSINGER is an established author of narrative non-fiction books focusing on STEM subjects and personalities. These include Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers. He lives in Canterbury.