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Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine

Author

Wallmark, Laurie, author.

Title

Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine / by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by April Chu.

Format

Book

Published

[Berkeley] : Creston Books, LLC., [2015]

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Other contributors

Chu, April, illustrator.

Notes

"Junior Library Guild Premier Selection"--cover sticker. Includes bibliographical references. Text in English. EAST copy for Family READ; funding support provided by Women's Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Summary

Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.

Target audience

Elementary Grade

Awards

A Junior Library Guild selection. NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, CBC, Children's Book Council. California Reading Association Eureka! Winner Book Award.

Subject headings

Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852--Juvenile literature. Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871--Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature. Women computer programmers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature. Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature. Computers--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.

Genre heading

Biography. History. Juvenile works.

ISBN

9781939547200 1939547202