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Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers : A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer

Took, Betty A.(Edited by)
Part of the The Pickering masters series
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A revision of the life and work of Ada Lovelace, which contains nearly 400 letters.

She was Lord Byron's daughter and acted as interpretress for Charles Babbage, the computer pioneer.

She was one of the first people to write programmes of instruction for Babbage's analytical engines.

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Product Details
0912647094 / 9780912647098
Leather / fine binding
510.92
01/01/1992
United Kingdom
456 pages, 80ill.
159 x 235 mm, 953 grams
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