Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace

Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace
- women historical fiction
New York TimesÂ bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates theÂ fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelaceâ€”Lord Byronâ€™sÂ daughter, the worldâ€™s first computer programmer, and a woman whoseÂ exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too longÂ unsung.
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The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous ofÂ the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged fromÂ Adaâ€™s father, who was infamously â€œmad, bad, and dangerous to know,â€ Adaâ€™sÂ mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous ByronÂ heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Adaâ€™s motherÂ provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics andÂ science. Any troubling spark of imaginationâ€”or worse yet, passion or poetryâ€”isÂ promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes.
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When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she atÂ last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Little doesÂ she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbageâ€”brilliant,Â charming, and occasionally curmudgeonlyâ€”will shape her destiny. Intrigued by theÂ prototype of his first calculating machine, the Difference Engine, and enthralled by theÂ plans for his even more advanced Analytical Engine, AdaÂ resolves to help Babbage realize his extraordinary vision, unique in her understandingÂ of how his invention could transform the world. All the while, she passionately studiesÂ mathematicsâ€”ignoring skeptics who consider it an unusual, even unhealthy pursuitÂ for a womanâ€”falls in love, discovers the shocking secrets behind her parentsâ€™Â estrangement, and comes to terms with the unquenchable fire of her imagination.
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InÂ Enchantress of Numbers,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author Jennifer ChiaveriniÂ unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largelyÂ unheralded pioneer in computingâ€”a young woman who stepped out of her fatherâ€™sÂ shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that wouldÂ shape the future.
Country USA
Manufacturer Dutton
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 28786997
ReleaseDate 2017-12-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781101985205

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Dutton
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	28786997
ReleaseDate	2017-12-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781101985205

Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace

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