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 "poetic 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.