Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
Warning, more geekery here! I was fascinated to read Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by April Chu, Creston Books, 2015. It confirms what I’ve always suspected: Girls Rock!!
Ada Byron Lovelace:
- loved math as much as her famous dad, Lord Byron, loved poetry;
- wrote the first computer program in the world, before computers even existed; and
- even though she was unable to test it, it only had one error!
Notes: I have engineers, mathematicians and software developers in my family. Some male and some female. This book just makes me grin with happiness, despite having chosen a life submerged in poetry and words. Have a magical week!
12 thoughts on “A BOOK BY THE BROOK — Ada Lovelace and the Thinking Machine”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Fascinating… A love post.
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Thanks!
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She’s a fascinating person. Enchantress of Numbers sounds like a good read. Ada Lovelace appears in Victoria and Albert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Ad2npBaPA but the appearance is fictionalized.
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Her mother was related to Henry VII. Byron was a lord as well.
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I love Ada Byron Lovelace!!! She is awesome 🙂
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I’m reading another Lovelace book for an older audience, Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini.
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I majored in Math and Computer Science so we learned about her in school!
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Very cool!
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A little girl power at the start of the week is always uplifting!
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Yay, girls!
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what an interesting story hers must be –
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Having a famous father helped her, no doubt. We should all be so lucky.
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