Little more than a month after her birth, her mother, fed up with her husband’s scandalous behavior, left him, taking baby Ada with her Ada never saw Byron again.

10, 1815, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron. With her vast knowledge of mathematics and her vision of what was possible for the future of machines, she is today known as the first programmer. One of her most renowned works is the translation of an article about a machine invented by Charles Babbage: She added her own commentary to the translation that was longer than the article itself, including details about how the machine could be used to carry out a series of instructions. Young Ada displayed a talent in mathematics from an early age. Her mother was Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, a very religious and educated woman.

The result is a portrait that is at once remarkable and fascinating, tragic and triumphant.Those who have studied English literature may be surprised to learn that Ada Lovelace, born Augusta Ada Byron, was the daughter of renowned poet Lord Byron. 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. Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Sure to inspire a new generation of pioneers.' - Shelf Awareness (starred review) This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. 'Written with grace and intelligence, researched with care.

Ada Lovelace by Robert A. Black