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Title: Ada Lovelace


1
Ada Lovelace
  • By Allison Shook

2
Childhood
  • Born December 10, 1815
  • Only legitimate child of George Gordon, Lord
    Byron
  • Mother, Anne Isabella Milbanke, took her from
    home at one month old never saw father again
  • Designed flying machine 1828

3
Adulthood
  • Met Charles Babbage in 1833
  • Difference Engine
  • Mechanical device to compute values of quadratic
    functions
  • Analytical Engine
  • Used punched cards to read instructions and
    data for solving mathematical problems
  • Studied with Augustus de Moyan in 1840
  • University of London

4
Adulthood Continued
  • Married William King in 1835
  • 3 children
  • Became countess of Lovelace
  • Addiction to Rx drugs
  • Laudanum, opium, morphine
  • Died of uterine cancer, November 27, 1852

5
Mathematician and Computer Pioneer
  • Translated and added notes to Italian article
    describing Babbages Analytical Engine
  • Additions showed
  • How Analytical Engine would work
  • Set of instructions
  • Calculating Bernoulli numbers
  • Initials A.A.L.

6
Mathematician and Computer Pioneer
  • Notes republished in 1953
  • Engine recognized model for computer
  • Notes description computer and software
  • Anticipate future developments
  • including computer-generated music
  • 1980 U.S. D.O.D. Ada new std computer language

7
Fun Facts
  • On the math-mystery cartoon, Cyberchase, she
    appears as the animated character Lady Ada
    Lovelace, voiced by Saturday Night Live comedian
    Jane Curtin
  • Main character in alternate history Steampunk
    novel The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and
    William Gibson
  • World where Babbages machines are mass produced
    and computer age started a century early
  • Image of her seen on Microsoft product
    authenticity hologram stickers

8
References
  • http//womenshistory.about.com/cs/sciencemath1/a/b
    io_lovelace.htm
  • www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
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