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Ada Lovelace: A Life from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History
Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
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Summary

Discover the remarkable life of Ada Lovelace...

As the sole legitimate child of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was the progeny of literary royalty. Many might have naturally expected her to go into the field of her father, but instead of delving into poetry, she delved into the hard sciences of mathematics and analytic thinking. Even so, Ada still had the imagination of a lyricist when writing scientific treatises, at times referring to her own work as nothing short of “poetical science”. 

Everything she did, she did with passion and dogged determination. It was this drive that led Ada to look farther and search deeper than her contemporaries. Her unique vision led her to become one of the pioneers of the modern computer and one of the world’s first computer programmers. 

But what exactly do we know about Ada Lovelace, and how can it be quantified? Listen to this book to find out more about the 19th-century mathematician and writer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. 

Discover a plethora of chapters, such as:

  • The Daughter of Lord and Lady Byron
  • Early Years of Paralysis
  • The World’s First Computer Programmer
  • Rumors and Laudanum Addiction
  • A Grim Prognosis
  • Last Days and Death
  • And much more!

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Ada Lovelace is an an interesting character as the daughter of Lord Byron and a gifted mathematician who was a pioner of the computer. age a hundred plus years before they came about. It is difficult to write an informative narrative in just a few pages and there were a number of gaps in the narrative. It was as if the author was not sure how to deal with the two conflicting themes of her personal life and her mathematical skill.
It could have left me wanting more but unfortunately UI was glad when it cam to an end. The narrative was somewhat disjointed in places and the performance was pedestrian. This would have been better if it had been delivered by a female - something Hourly History might like to consider in future.

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