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Ada´s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Compute: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Computer Programmer
Fiona Robinson
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Description for Ada´s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Compute: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Computer Programmer
Hardback. A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, by the award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson Num Pages: 40 pages, Full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AG; YBCS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 214 x 290 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's mad love of poetry, but Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics poetical science. Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the ... Read more
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's mad love of poetry, but Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics poetical science. Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abrams
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781419718724
SKU
V9781419718724
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About Fiona Robinson
Fiona Robinson is the author/illustrator of Whale Shines and What Animals Really Like, among other picture books. What Animals Really Like received the 2012 Irma Black Award, and Bank Street named it one of the 2012 Best Children's Books. Her work has been honoured by the Royal Academy of Arts.
Reviews for Ada´s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Compute: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World´s First Computer Programmer
This picture-book biography clearly conveys Lovelace's constricted upbringing, her intellectual brilliance, and her pleasure in applying her mind to a complex challenge.
Booklist Robinson celebrates Lovelace for her powerful analytical mind in spite of an overbearing mother, an absent father, and a restrictive social position... A fascinating and uplifting STEAM selection, highly recommended for biography collections.
School Library Journal ... Read more
Booklist Robinson celebrates Lovelace for her powerful analytical mind in spite of an overbearing mother, an absent father, and a restrictive social position... A fascinating and uplifting STEAM selection, highly recommended for biography collections.
School Library Journal ... Read more