Ada's ideas : the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer
A portrait of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
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- ISBN: 9781520049540
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videodisc
1 videodisc (16 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Holland, OH : Dreamscape Media, LLC, [2016]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from title frame. Based on the book by Fiona Robinson. "Read-a-long" -- Container. Iconographic. Includes "bonus" feature: A note about Bernoulli numbers. GMD: videodisc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Animated by Andy T. Jones ; edit and sound design by Andy T. Jones. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Rosalyn Landor. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
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Ada's Ideas : The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer
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Ada's Ideas : The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's mad love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics poetical science. Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.