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Daguerreotype of Ada Lovelace,<\/em>
about 1843, reproduced<\/em>
by courtesy of G M Bond<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikipedia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, (1815-1852) has been credited as the first female computer programmer. She was the daughter of poet Lord Byron, and she often described her approach to mathematics as ‘poetic science’ (F\u00fcegi & Francis, 2015). Though barred from being able to attend university, Lovelace learned all she could from mentors such as Charles Babbage and Mary Somerville (2015). She became a mathematician and writer, mostly known for her musings on Babbage’s innovative work on a mechanical calculator (Bromley, 1982).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most accounts of Lovelace tend to focus on Babbage and his contributions to computer science, with her often reduced to a minor character (F\u00fcegi & Francis, 2015). She is sometimes not recognized with being a major pioneer behind modern technological thinking. However, by studying Babbage\u2019s work, Lovelace was able to visualize another use for Babbage\u2019s engine, namely, that those numbers could represent other \u201cthings\u201d such as letters or musical notes (2015). Babbage expert, Doron Swade, noted that Ada saw that the machine \u201ccould manipulate symbols of which number was one instance, according to rules\u201d (2015, p. 24). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, while Babbage\u2019s machine has now been recognized as one of the precursors to the modern computer, Lovelace\u2019s copious notes on his machine written in 1843 are recognized to be one of the first computer programming languages (F\u00fcegi & Francis, 2015). Lovelace’s contributions have shown us that while we may see a technological tool being utilized for a singular purpose, perhaps we need to view that tool through a different lens and see what other possibilities it may yield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two links about Ada Lovelace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Ada Lovelace’s Notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Machine <\/a><\/li>
  2. Computer History – Babbage & Lovelace<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Diagram of an algorithm for the Analytical Engine for the computation of Bernoulli numbers, from Sketch of The Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage<\/em> by Luigi Menabrea with notes by Ada Lovelace (1842) http:\/\/www.sophiararebooks.com\/pictures\/3544a.jpg<\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bond, G. (1843). Ada Lovelace (by Antoine Claudet)<\/em>. Wikipedia. https:\/\/blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/adalovelace\/2015\/10\/14\/only-known-photographs-of-ada-lovelace-in-bodleian-display\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bromley, A. (1982). Charles Babbage’s analytical engine, 1838. Annals of the History of Computing<\/em>, 4<\/em>(3), 196\u2013197. http:\/\/athena.union.edu\/~hemmendd\/Courses\/cs80\/an-engine.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    F\u00fcegi, J., & Francis, J. (2015, August 14). Lovelace & Babbage and the creation of the 1843 \u201cnotes.\u201d ACM Inroads<\/em>, 6<\/em>(3), 78\u201386. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/2810201<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sophia Rare Books. (n.d.). Diagram for the computation of Bernoulli numbers<\/em>. Wikipedia. https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Diagram_for_the_computation_of_Bernoulli_numbers.jpg <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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