{"id":1514,"date":"2018-01-10T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2018-02-03T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T20:54:17","slug":"ada-lovelace-resource-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/ada-lovelace-resource-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace: Resource Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ada-Lovelace-Portrait.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1529 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ada-Lovelace-Portrait-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Ada Lovelace\" width=\"225\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#0000ba;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#1528ed;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Table of Contents<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#biography\">Brief Biography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#booksforkids\">Books for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#booksforadults\">Books for Adults<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quotes\">Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#achievements\">Achievements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#facts\">Fun Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#links\">Useful Links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<a name=\"biography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Brief Biography<\/h2>\n<p>Ada Lovelace&#8211;nicknamed\u00a0<em>Princess of Parallelograms<\/em> by her mother&#8211;was a computing pioneer who lived from 1815 &#8211; 1852. She earned that designation primarily through her work with Charles Babbage&#8217;s analytical engine.<\/p>\n<p>Though there is some dispute about the extent of her contributions, consensus opinion indicates that she was responsible for the publishing of the first computer programs (perhaps even writing some of them herself) and was the first person to recognize the overwhelming potential of Babbage&#8217;s invention: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ada_Lovelace\">&#8220;a machine capable of expressing entities other than quantities&#8221;<\/a>, meaning that the machine could be used for more than simple calculations.<br \/>\n<a name=\"booksforkids\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Books for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2807.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1523 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2807-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2807-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2807-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2807.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<\/br>Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world&#8217;s first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Laura Wallmark<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Age Range<\/strong>: 5-6 years old and up<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Grade Level<\/strong> Kindergarten and up<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 40 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1939547202&#038;asins=1939547202&#038;linkId=18ec361c8bbda336b3280fc44352624a&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2CLod5t\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/br>Ada Lovelace (1815\u20131852) 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\u2019s \u201cmad\u201d love of poetry.<\/br><br \/>\nBut Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics \u201cpoetical science.\u201d Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in \u201cprogramming\u201d his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world\u2019s first computer programmer.<\/br><br \/>\nThis picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Fiona Robinson<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Age Range<\/strong>: 6-9 years old<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Grade Level<\/strong> 1-4<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 40 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=141971872X&#038;asins=141971872X&#038;linkId=cb60c1e04acb7f0fcbc866bee331b3e1&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2D0DR0I\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Ada&#8217;s Ideas<\/em> was one of 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/list-of-28-recent-science-biographies-for-kids\/\">science biographies published recently<\/a>, or soon to be published, (as of late 2016) that kids should enjoy.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/br>Two hundred years ago, a daughter was born to the famous poet, Lord Byron, and his mathematical wife, Annabella.<br \/>\n<\/br>Like her father, Ada had a vivid imagination and creative gift for connecting ideas in original ways. Like her mother, she had a passion for science, math, and machines. It was a very good combination. Ada hoped that one day she could do something important with her creative and nimble mind.<\/br><\/br>A hundred years before the dawn of the digital age, Ada Lovelace envisioned the computer-driven world we know today. And in demonstrating how the machine would be coded, she wrote the first computer program. She would go down in history as Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.<\/br><\/br>Diane Stanley&#8217;s lyrical writing and Jessie Hartland&#8217;s vibrant illustrations capture the spirit of Ada Lovelace and bring her fascinating story vividly to life.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Diane Stanley<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Age Range<\/strong>: 4-8 years old<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Grade Level<\/strong> Preschool &#8211; 3<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 448 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1481452495&#038;asins=1481452495&#038;linkId=4a2117e8f0289ddc82d736ea3a07bd10&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DiiEMZ\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Women in Science: 50  Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/br>A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world.<\/br><br \/>\nFull of striking, singular art, this fascinating collection also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary.<\/br><br \/>\nThe trailblazing women profiled include well-known figures like primatologist Jane Goodall, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American physicist and mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. <\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Rachel Ignotofsky<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 128 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1607749769&#038;asins=1607749769&#038;linkId=7402cd15a0cb6bf8c4a62488937cadab&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2CZfakx\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<a name=\"booksforadults\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Books for Adults<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/br>The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada\u2019s father, who was infamously \u201cmad, bad, and dangerous to know,\u201d Ada\u2019s mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada\u2019s mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imagination\u2014or worse yet, passion or poetry\u2014is promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes.<\/br><br \/>\nWhen Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Little does she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbage\u2014brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly\u2014will shape her destiny. Intrigued by the prototype of his first calculating machine, the Difference Engine, and enthralled by the plans for his even more advanced Analytical Engine, Ada resolves to help Babbage realize his extraordinary vision, unique in her understanding of how his invention could transform the world. All the while, she passionately studies mathematics\u2014ignoring skeptics who consider it an unusual, even unhealthy pursuit for a woman\u2014falls in love, discovers the shocking secrets behind her parents\u2019 estrangement, and comes to terms with the unquenchable fire of her imagination.<\/br><br \/>\nIn <em>Enchantress of Numbers<\/em>, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computing\u2014a young woman who stepped out of her father\u2019s shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Sydney Paula<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 320 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1101985208&#038;asins=1101985208&#038;linkId=c07354f6588ea871ab3aaa31a11194ab&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2qRuvyW\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Graphic Novels<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-glass\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b31613;border-radius:6px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#e64946;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px\">The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<strong>Publisher Description<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<\/br>Meet Victorian London\u2019s most dynamic duo: Charles Babbage, the unrealized inventor of the computer, and his accomplice, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the peculiar protoprogrammer and daughter of Lord Byron. When Lovelace translated a description of Babbage\u2019s plans for an enormous mechanical calculating machine in 1842, she added annotations three times longer than the original work. Her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, a hundred years before an actual computer was built. Sadly, Lovelace died of cancer a decade after publishing the paper, and Babbage never built any of his machines.<\/br><br \/>\nBut do not despair! The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage presents a rollicking alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine and then use it to build runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wilder realms of mathematics, and, of course, fight crime\u2014for the sake of both London and science. Complete with extensive footnotes that rival those penned by Lovelace herself, historical curiosities, and never-before-seen diagrams of Babbage\u2019s mechanical, steam-powered computer, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is wonderfully whimsical, utterly unusual, and, above all, entirely irresistible.<\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Sydney Paula<\/br><br \/>\n<strong># of Pages<\/strong> 320 (hardcover)<\/br><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/br><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=ltsnsad-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0307908275&#038;asins=0307908275&#038;linkId=14211557e2643845f87a249c3d8498fe&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mhfJfb\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:34px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:45px;-moz-border-radius:45px;-webkit-border-radius:45px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"> Check Amazon Reviews<small style=\"padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFFFF\">Note: affiliate link; no additional cost to you<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<a name=\"quotes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Quotes<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine&#8230;Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Found in:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As quoted by Menabrea, Luigi (1842). <em>Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq<\/em>.. Scientific Memoirs (Richard Taylor): 694.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Importance:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ada Lovelace is credited\u00a0 with being one of the first people to recognize the potential of computers to be more than machines performing calculations. This statement represents her assertions.<br \/>\n<a name=\"achievements\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Achievements List<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Translated an article about Babbage&#8217;s Analytical Engine from French to English and added her own notes which greatly increased (approximately double) the length<\/li>\n<li>Designed a method for programming the Analytical Engine using punch cards (some consider the first computer program ever), deriving her inspiration from mechanical looms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Jacquard mechanical loom punch cards\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.learningtostem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/punch-jacquard-cards-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a name=\"facts\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Ada Lovelace Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Many consider her to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/in-celebration-of-ada-lovelace-the-first-computer-programmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first computer programmer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>She is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous poet; however, she never met her father who died when was 8 years old.<\/li>\n<li>It was not common for women to engage in science and math at the time Ada lived, which makes it even more interesting that she her mother, who was a mathematician herself, influenced and encouraged Ada&#8217;s STEM pursuits.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Babbage referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ada_Lovelace\">her way of thinking <\/a>as &#8220;poetical science&#8221;; another term that could be applied to her is a philosopher scientist. She was interested in examining the intersection of technology and society.<\/li>\n<li>As a child, she studied birds in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/iq.intel.com\/ada-lovelace-the-first-computer-programmer\/\">design a flying machine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com\/blogs\/5-ada-lovelace-day-biography-facts.htm\">name is not actually<\/a>\u00a0Ada Lovelace; it is instead Ada King, Countess of Lovelace.<\/li>\n<li>She had several nicknames and\/or monikers: Princess of Parallelograms (by her mother), Enchantress of Numbers (by Charles Babbage), and Lady Fairy (her pen name in letters to Charles Babbage).<\/li>\n<li>She has a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ada_(programming_language)\">computer language named after her <\/a>(called Ada).<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/findingada.com\/\">second week of October<\/a> is Ada Lovelace Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"blueheader\">Learn More<\/h2>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBa7IBNSWp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<a name=\"links\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Useful Links<\/p>\n<h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/Ada_Lovelace\">Ada Lovelace Wikipedia Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agnesscott.edu\/lriddle\/women\/love.htm\">Ada Lovelace Biography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/podcasts.ox.ac.uk\/series\/ada-lovelace-symposium-celebrating-200-years-computer-visionary\">Ada Lovelace Symposium<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/findingada.com\/\">Ada Lovelace Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief Biography Ada Lovelace&#8211;nicknamed\u00a0Princess of Parallelograms by her mother&#8211;was a computing pioneer who lived from 1815 &#8211; 1852. 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