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Author Stein, Dorothy.

Title Ada, a life and a legacy / Dorothy Stein
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1985]
©1985

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 W'PONDS  510.924 Lovela Ste/Aal  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Series The MIT Press series in the history of computing
MIT Press series in the history of computing.
Contents Includes index
Summary The subject of this biography "was the daughter of Lord Byron ... based on her report on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, she is also generally regarded as the inventor of the science of computer programming"--Page 4 of cover
Analysis England Lovelace, Ada King Countess of, 1815-1852 Biographies
England Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [298]-313
Subject Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.
Cancer -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Oncology -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.
LC no. 85011367
ISBN 026219242X
0262691167