02836cam a2200493 i 4500 650752130 TxAuBib 20130206120000.0 910829s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 91066442 9780912647098 0912647094 (OCoLC)28257411 DLC eng rda DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG SCL NIALS ZWZ GBVCP SGB OCLCO LAKCL TxAuBib rda Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852. Correspondence Selections. Ada, the enchantress of numbers : a selection from the letters of Lord Byron's daughter and her description of the first computer / narrated and edited by Betty A. Toole. First edition. Mill Valley, Calif : Strawberry Press, 1992. xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Letters to and from the Countess of Lovelace, 1824-1852. Women in history. Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-430) and index. Toole did research for more than eight years, burying herself in British archives and libraries to narrate and edit this extraordinary collection of letters written by Ada Lovelace. Not only do they outline Ada's ingenuity for the sciences, but they also enlighten us on all aspects of Lady Lovelace's multidimensional life: her passionate desire to flourish in a "man's world," her battle with drug addiction and chronic sickness, and her efforts as a mother and wife. Lovelace also had a reputation as a wild gambler and a lover. Ada was one of the first to write programs of instructions for Babbage's Analytical Engines, the famous precursors to the modern digital computer. Ada's letters are some of the classic founding documents of cybernetics and computer science, written nearly a century before ENIAC. Also issued online. 20130206. Lovelace, Ada King Countess of 1815-1852 Correspondence. Mathematicians Great Britain Correspondence. Calculators. Computers. Mathématiciens Great Britain Correspondance. Ordinateurs. Calculators. Computers. Lovelace Countess 1815-1852 Correspondence. Mathematicians Great Correspondence. Personal correspondence. Toole, Betty A, (Betty Alexandra.) Lovelace, Ada King, Mill Valley, Calif. : Strawberry Press ; Sausalito, CA : Orders to Critical Connection, c1992 Ada, the enchantress of numbers. LAKCL