| ID | 026011 |
| Call Number | 921/LOV |
| Title Proper | Ada Lovelace: computer wizard of Victorian England |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lethbridge, Lucy |
| Publication | London, Short Books, 2004. |
| Description | 80p Purple Spine |
| Note |
Daughter of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words. In 1834 she came to the attention of scientist Charles Babbage, who had just built an amazing 'thinking machine'. Thus began a remarkable collaboration in the invention of computer. |
| Standard Number | 9781904095767 |
| Price. Qualification | £4.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 921 |
| Key Words | Mathematicians - Biography ; Mathematicians - England - Biography ; Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 ; Computers and women - History ; UOI - Discoveries and inventions/explorations |