Ada Lovelace, an indirect and reciprocal influenceAmy Jollymore
Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the famed poet George Gordon, better known as Lord Byron, and his first wife Annabella Milbanke. While Lord Byron was a tempestuous and artistic personality, Anabella was committed to the orderly field of mathematics. Despite her mother's influence, Ada began ...
“Lady Byron had, unusually for a woman at that time, been educated in mathematics in her youth, had enjoyed it, and wanted to pass that on to her own daughter,” Hollings explained. “And I think the desire to study mathematics is the strongest influence on what Lovelace did in computi...
Activity:Ask children to research Ada Lovelace’s work on the algorithm for Charles Babbage’s ‘Analytical Engine’. What is an algorithm? They could use their research to make a short leaflet or report that looks at Ada Lovelace’s influence on coding and computing advancements during and aft...
(not that it will stop us from trying), but we can be a good influence on young students as often as possible; it only takes one person to tip the scales. We're honored to add our voices to Ada Lovelace Day, and to the professors, scientists, coworkers, entrepreneurs, moms, ...
But Lovelace reconciled the competing poles of her parents’ influence. On January 5, 1841, she asked, “What is Imagination?” Two things, she thought. First, “the combining faculty,” which “seizes points in common, between subjects having no apparent connection,” and then, she wrote, ...
Suw Charman-Anderson is the founder of FindingAda.com which inspires and supports women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) with three major projects: Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of women’s achievements in STEM; the Finding Ada Conference, an online event cover...
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still, she explained, “far be it from me, to disclaim the influence of ambition & fame. no living soul ever was more imbued with it than myself … but i certainly would not deceive myself or others by pretending it is other than a very important motive & ingredient in my character ...
Today on Ada Lovelace day, we stop to recognize her as one of the first ever computer programmers. But perhaps more importantly, we pause to appreciate the unique role she played as one of the first women to pursue her passion for mathematics and computing science. ...