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ADA AUGUSTA BYRON. www.ponude.biz. Introduction. I decided to write about Ada Augusta Byron, for she is a woman, in order to show you that not only men had great minds,but women too. Ada,Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and English society hostess She was born 1815 in London
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ADA AUGUSTA BYRON www.ponude.biz
Introduction • I decided to write about Ada Augusta Byron, for she is a woman, in order to show you that not only men had great minds,but women too.
Ada,Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and English society hostess • She was born 1815 in London • Mathematical tutoring from Augustus DeMorgan
When she was 18, Ada heard lectures about Difference Engine ( Charles Babbage) • 1842 Luigi Menabrea published a paper and described function of Analytical Engine • 1843 Ada translated paper and added her own notes
She understood Babbage’s machine better than Babbage himself • He wrote the some complicated programs based on Ada’s comments
The first computer programmer • The mother of computing • The mother of the modern computer • Inventor of the first computer language • Mathematicial genius • The programming language ADA is named after her
Conclusion • She’s frequently portrayed as a sexual libertino a compulsive gambler and drug addict who despised her children • Ada died from cancer 1852 at the age of 37