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Ada’s mother was very strict with her and looping. Because of this, she was known as
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believed that challenging subjects such as the first computer programmer.
math and science could prevent her from being Ada married William King, who became
like her father who had bipolar disorder and an the Earl of Lovelace three years later, so Ada
unpredictable temper. Math was taught very alongside her husband became the Countess
little to the women of her time, but Lady Anne of Lovelace. They shared their interests in
encouraged such subjects greatly because she horses and had three children together. Ada
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herself was a mathematician. From a very and Whilliam socialized with many famous
young age, Ada had shown interests and people in their time, including the famous
talents for numbers and languages. She was author Charles Dickens. Ada’s health began
even tutored by some of the best teachers in to suffer as she developed asthma. She
the world such as Mary Sommerville, who was developed lingering problems, experienced
an astronomer and also a mathematician. She mood swings, and even her personality
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was also the first woman to be admitted to the began to change. Ada died on November 27,
Royal Astronomical Society. 1852 at the age of 36.
At the age of seventeen, Ada made friends Sadly, Ada’s discovery of computer science
with Charles Babbage, who was an inventor. was not found until the 1950s. In 1953 Ada’s
Charles Babbage had invented many different works were finally published. She was being
engines that were to perform mathematical honoured by many people for her amazing
calculations. Ada got a chance to look at the discoveries. In 1980 the US Department of
engine before it was even finished and she Defence named a newly created computer
found interest in it. Charles Babbage then language Ada after Ada Lovelace.
planned to create another engine called the I was most impressed by how Ada
analytical engine which was meant to perform Lovelace was so intelligent that she could
more complicated mathematics. Ada was invent the first computer program even
asked to translate an article on the analytical before computers were invented. This might
engine by an Italian engineer called Luigi be because she got a better education than
Federicco Menaberea. She not only translated most in her time. I think that we can learn
the French to English, but also added her own how to be determined towards your goals
thoughts in the article. In her article she and be very hardworking, just like Ada
mentioned that code could be used for devices Lovelace, then we might be able to achieve
to repeat a series of instructions known as our goals.
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