 Augusta "Ada", Countess of Lovelace was Lord Byron's only legitimate daughter and went on to work with Charles Babbage on his difference engine, the first modern computer. She was a brilliant mathematician and was the first to describe the software used by modern Computers.
In a century where we are constantly championing to role of Women in our society, surely we should be making this amazing lady as well known as Stephenson, Faraday and Newton? If it were not for Ada, life would be very different today and I for one would not have a business!
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15/12/2015 07:25:54 am
She was an amazing woman, a very smart one and shrewd. Thank you for keeping her name known and recognized. I try to teach my students that they should learn as much as possible about women's role in the society's development. That's a vital issue. If I'm not mistaken, one of the systems was called "Ada" in her honour, right? Leave a Reply. |
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