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Enchantress of numbers : a novel of Ada Lovelace / Jennifer Chiaverini.
Bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace - Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too long unsung. This novel unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computing - a young woman who stepped out of her father's shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101985205 (hc)
- Physical Description: 433 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Subject: | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 > Fiction. Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 > Fiction. Inventors > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Nakusp Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Nakusp Public Library | FIC CHI (Text) | 35160000744103 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Rigorously educated in mathematics and science by her mother, an only legitimate child of brilliant Romantic poet Lord Byron is introduced into London society as a highly eligible heiress before forging a deep bond with inventor Charles Babbage and using her unique talents to become the world's first computer programmer. By a best-selling author. - Baker & Taylor
Educated in math and science by her mother, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron is introduced into London society before forging a bond with Charles Babbage and using her talents to become the world's first computer programmer. - Penguin Putnam
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of LovelaceâLord Byronâs daughter and the worldâs first computer programmer.
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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. But her mathematician mother, estranged from Ada's infamous and destructively passionate father, is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Adaâs mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imaginationâor worse yet, passion or poetryâis promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes.
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When 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 how her exciting new friendship with Charles Babbageâthe brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly inventor of an extraordinary machine, the Difference Engineâwill define her destiny.
Enchantress of Numbers unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computingâa young woman who stepped out of her fatherâs shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.
