Despite her mother’s best efforts to eradicate the arts from Lovelace’s life, she never fully relinquished the literary finesse she inherited from her father. Dubbing her approach ‘poetical science’, she placed great emphasis on using creativity and imagination to explore her work: “Imagination...
Ada Lovelace’s socialite-like personal life was in sharp contrast to her isolated childhood and dedication to the study of mathematics and science. Along with Charles Babbage, her close friends included kaleidoscope creatorSir David Brewster, electric motor inventorMichael Faraday, and popular novelist...
Personal Life In 1835, Lovelace married William King, who became the Earl of Lovelace three years later. She then took the title of Countess of Lovelace. They shared a love of horses and had three children together. From most accounts, he supported his wife's academic endeavors. Lovelace and...
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first ...
I am sad to announce that I have, with the agreement of my Advisory Council, taken the difficult decision to cancel the Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2020 event at The IET on 13 October. This was not an easy decision to take, but I believe that it is the most responsible one. At this poi...
Ada Lovelace's life and impact on scientific computingWalter Isaacson discussing the life and impact of Ada Lovelace. See all videos for this article Lovelace was the daughter of famed poetLord Byronand Annabella Milbanke Byron, who legally separated two months after her birth. Her father then ...
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