Ada: The Enchantress of Numbersby Betty Alexandra Toole, Ed.D.Read an interview with the author, from The Gate
"Beyond stereotypes." --Wired "Excellent and thoughtful." --Annals of the History of Computing Toole lets Ada speak for herself through letters to colleagues, family and friends which bring Ada to life with an intimacy a biography never could. --Alice Polesky in the San Francisco Chronicle
Ada Lovelace: The World's First Hacker. . . --Carla Sinclair
--Bruce Sterling
Ada was one of the first to write programs of instructions for Babbage's Analytical Engines, the famous precursors to the modern digital computer. Beautiful, charming, temperamental, an aristocratic hostess, mathematicians of the time thought her a splendid addition to their number. Babbage warmly appreciated her worth, and the value of te felicitous account she wrote of his Analytical Engines and their potential scope of application. --Dr Anthony Hyman (author, Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer) Daughter of Lord Byron, companion and partner of Charles Babbage, Ada was one of the most picturesque characters in the history of technology. . .Ada's letters are some of the classic founding documents of cybernetics and computer science, written nearly a century before ENIAC. --Howard Rheingold
Dr Toole has written a brilliant and insightful book that reveals the depth not only of Lovelace's genius but also her personal passions. It is an essential and inspiring book, one that crosses the boundaries of time and gender.
--Lynn Hershman Leeson (director, Conceiving Ada)
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