James Essinger
Charles and Ada
The Computer's Most Passionate Partnership
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The partnership of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace was one that would change science forever. They were an unlikely pair - one the professor son of a banker, the other the only child of an acclaimed poet and a social-reforming mathematician - but perhaps that is why their work was so revolutionary.They were the pioneers of computer science, creating plans for what could have been the first computer. They each saw things the other did not: it may have been Charles who designed the machines, but it was Ada who could see their potential.But what were they like? And how did they work together? Using previously unpublished correspondence between…
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The partnership of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace was one that would change science forever. They were an unlikely pair - one the professor son of a banker, the other the only child of an acclaimed poet and a social-reforming mathematician - but perhaps that is why their work was so revolutionary.They were the pioneers of computer science, creating plans for what could have been the first computer. They each saw things the other did not: it may have been Charles who designed the machines, but it was Ada who could see their potential.But what were they like? And how did they work together? Using previously unpublished correspondence between them, Charles and Ada explores the relationship between two remarkable people who shared dreams far ahead of their time.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7509-9286-2
- EAN: 9780750992862
- Produktnummer: 32364834
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'683 KB
Über den Autor
JAMES ESSINGER is the author of many non-fiction books that focus on STEM subjects and personalities, including Frankie: The Woman Who Saved Millions from Thalidomide (The History Press) and Ada's Algorithm (Gibson Square), which has been optioned for a film. He lives in Canterbury.
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