10.13.2015

It's Ada Lovelace day

Ada Lovelace Day | Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths


Explains the New York Times:
She was the daughter of the enigmatic poet Lord Byron, but he left his wife a month after Ada was born. Her mother, desperate to isolate her from the madness of poetry, steered her into an education in numbers and science.
Lovelace went on to become not only the first computer programmer but also, possibly to her mother's dismay, co-star of the graphic novel, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage” by Sydney Padua.


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