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mdevlin923's review
2.0
Biography of Ada Lovelace.
The illustrations seemed too childish for the level of text.
The illustrations seemed too childish for the level of text.
camichristine's review
4.0
My daughter brought this home to read to me. A great little book giving much overdue credit to the first computer programmer. I loved learning about her life and her contributions to STEM fields!
sarahcvo's review
3.0
The text was engaging, but I didn't really like the illustrations (the style is too cartoony for my taste).
msgabbythelibrarian's review
4.0
I had heard a lot about Ada Lovelace, but I knew nothing about her. So when I found out she was the daughter of Lord Byron, I knew I was on the path to finding COMPLETELY new things.
She was creative like her father; she enjoyed math and science like her mother. Add both together and combined it with her imagination.
Ada worked with her friend, Charles Babbage, to create the first fully programmable digital computer. The aim was also to solve arithmetic problems with the turn of a crank. Have you heard of "Bernouli?" Yeah, that's a Ada Lovelace thing. Alan Turing looked up to her. Yes, that Turing.
She was creative like her father; she enjoyed math and science like her mother. Add both together and combined it with her imagination.
Ada worked with her friend, Charles Babbage, to create the first fully programmable digital computer. The aim was also to solve arithmetic problems with the turn of a crank. Have you heard of "Bernouli?" Yeah, that's a Ada Lovelace thing. Alan Turing looked up to her. Yes, that Turing.
mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
A bit disappointing. Mostly because I didn't like the art. And there could have been a lot more about the programming itself. I did like the bits with creating wings for flight. And the afterword was not bad, but even then I wanted more. I found the title itself actually a bit irritating. Not a bad book, but for Ada Lovelace more was necessary.