42.Brooke Nevin is an actress and a writer who gained prominence as being a teen star. 9781101985212 Enchantress Of Numbers 42.6000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction/historical /shop/books/fiction New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter and the world's first computer programmer.Įnchantress of Numbers unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largelyunheralded pioneer in computing-a young woman who stepped out of her father'sshadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that wouldshape the future. Little doesshe realize how her exciting new friendship with Charles Babbage-the brilliant,charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly inventor of an extraordinary machine, the Difference Engine-will define her destiny.Įnchantress of Numbers unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largelyunheralded pioneer in computing-a young woman who stepped out of her father'sshadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that wouldshape the future. When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she atlast discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Any troubling spark of imagination-or worse yet, passion or poetry-ispromptly extinguished. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's motherprovides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics andscience. But her mathematician mother, estranged from Ada's infamous and destructively passionate father, is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage.
The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous ofthe Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Lincoln's Dressmaker andSwitchboard Soldiers illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter and the world's first computer programmer.
The New York Times bestselling author ofMrs. New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter and the world's first computer programmer. "Cherished Reader, Should you come upon Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer nsider yourself quite fortunate indeed.Chiaverini makes a convincing case that Ada Byron King is a woman worth celebrating."-USA Today
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