"An amazing story" - Ruth Padel, "The Independent". Ada came to embody these new polarities. "A splendid and enthralling portrait." - Miranda Seymour, "Sunday Times". "An entertaining and thoughtful biography," - "The Guardian".. She was connected with some of the most influential and colourful characters of the a
| Title | : | The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason and Byron's Daughter |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0330484494 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
"An amazing story" - Ruth Padel, "The Independent". Ada came to embody these new polarities. "A splendid and enthralling portrait." - Miranda Seymour, "Sunday Times". "An entertaining and thoughtful biography," - "The Guardian".. She was connected with some of the most influential and colourful characters of the age including: Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. This was the era when fissures began to open up in culture: romance split away from reason, instinct from intellect, and, art from science. It was her work with Babbage that led to her being credited with the invention of computer programming and to her name being adopted for the programming language that controls the US military machine. However, what makes her story so fascinating is the way she personified the seismic historical changes taking place. "Woolley has a great story to tell and does it with racy vigour." - Maggie Gee, "Daily Telegraph". Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron was born in 1815 just after the Battle of Waterloo, and died aged 36, soon after the Great Exhibition of 1851. Romantic heroine and computer pioneer, this is a remarkable story of Lord Byron's daughter
Martin in the stomach. A very interesting account of Byron and his brief marriage fills the first quarter of the book. He was stationed at Fort Mackinac, a fur-trading post. That said, there are quiet a few mispellings (not unusual for a first edition). Crawford Long may have been the first to use ether but did not publicize it the way Morton did (pp.318-319).. Then doctors of genius made great discoveries that began the age of modern medical science. Rush argued for temperance and prison reform, the emancipation of slaves, and humane treatment for the insane. Medicine was still a mystery, no one knew why fevers came or how to cure them. Science, however, is lacking. It has a Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and an Index. This discovery allowed other workers to investigate digestion. Doctors on Horseback, FlexnerThis 1937 book tells about the early American physicians who made discoveries in the early age of modern medical science. So if you are looking for just facts and details related to Ada as a scientist or "first computer programmer" this book will not be enough.. The time period is one of extraordinary technical advancement, with the locomotive and the telegraph shrinking the world in a way that even our jet planes and satellite links can't compare. The apprentice system was used to train in medicine. In 17As directed by her mother, Ada's educational focus was on science, and her relationship with Charles Babbage and the work she did in explaining and interpreting his Analytical Engine and Difference Machine, a precursor of the computer, were the culmination of her mathematical and technical studies. As a result, Ada, who suffered from a variety of legitimate health problems, also developed serious psychological problems. Readers who enjoyed Dava Sobel's Galileo's Daughter will find this interesting.Hilary Burton, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CACopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From Library Journal First published in the United Kingdom in 1999, this is an entertaining biography of Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace, daughter of the renowned poet Lord Byron. There is much controversy associated with Ada's life, and Woolley (Virtual Worlds) deals with it openly and philosophically. Separated from Lord Byron shortly after Ada's birth, Lady Bryon raised her daughter in a strange and thoroughly controlled manner, limiting her access to both people and intellectual pursuits in order to keep Ada from developing
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