James Essinger

Ada's Algorithm (eBook, ePUB)

How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age through the Poetry of Numbers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The daughter of Lord Byron, Ada was the visionary who recognised the true potential of Babbage's of cog-wheel computer, The Analytical Engine. She demonstrated to the world that computers wouldn't merely be adding machines, but that they would be able to think.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gibson Square
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908096678
• Artikelnr.: 39683479

Autorenporträt

James Essinger previous book was chosen as one of the top 5 popular science books of the year by the Economist.. He studied at the University of Oxford (Lincoln College) and is a writer with a particular interest in ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. He lives in Canterbury.