The result is a portrait that is at once remarkable and fascinating, tragic and triumphant. Award-winning author Emily Arnold McCully opens the window on a peculiar and singular intellect, shaped - and hampered - by history, social norms, and family dysfunction. Their ensuing collaborations resulted in ideas and concepts that presaged computer programming by almost two hundred years, and Ada Lovelace is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a kindred spirit. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Highĭreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer PioneerĪ review copy was provided by the publisher.This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer.Įven by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Review by Jessica Moody, Library Media Educational Technology Specialist, Olympus Jr. Readers will enjoy getting to know this monumental historical figure. This biography is informative and well written.
While being a mother of four she was still able to achieve so much that she is known as the first computer programmer. She grew up with a puritanical mother and knew nothing of her scandalous father. Her brilliant mind for mathematics was plagued by illness and the medical treatments of the day. Best Children’s and Middle Grade FictionĪda Byron Lovelace lived a complicated life.Destiny Resource and Textbook Management.General Information and Guidelines Menu Toggle.Resources For Library and Technology Staff Menu Toggle.If you are unfamiliar with Scratch, it is a free, block-based coding platform developed by MIT for children.
Scratch is the obvious choice for those wanting to teach themselves.
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