![WHO WAS ADA LOVELACE?
(UK 1852-1815)
Augusta Ada King, Countess of
Lovelace was an English
mathematician and writer, chiefly
known for her work on Charles
Babbage's proposed mechanical
general-purpose computer, the
Analytical Engine. [YT 4:26]
She is considered to be the first
computer programmer.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/190603digitalculture11lovelace-191114183204/85/Ada-Lovelace-and-the-Analytical-Engine-2-320.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE ANALYTICAL
ENGINE?
The Analytical Engine was a
proposed mechanical general-
purpose computer designed by
English mathematician and
computer pioneer Charles
Babbage. It was first described in
1837 as the successor to
Babbage's difference engine, a
design for a simpler mechanical
computer. [YT 13:26]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/190603digitalculture11lovelace-191114183204/85/Ada-Lovelace-and-the-Analytical-Engine-5-320.jpg)
Ada Lovelace and the Analytical Engine
- 1. 1830-ISH ADA LOVELACE AND THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE
- 2. WHO WAS ADA LOVELACE? (UK 1852-1815) Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. [YT 4:26] She is considered to be the first computer programmer.
- 5. WHAT IS THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE? The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general- purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage's difference engine, a design for a simpler mechanical computer. [YT 13:26]
- 6. LOVELACE’S DIAGRAM FROM NOTE G WITHIN SKETCH OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE INVENTED BY CHARLES BABBAGE ESQ BY L.F. MENABREA OF TURIN, OFFICER OF THE MILITARY ENGINEERS,, THE FIRST PUBLISHED COMPUTER ALGORITHM
Editor's Notes
- #5: Lovelace applied her mathematical imagination to the plans for the Analytical Engine and Babbage’s vision of its potential. She sketched out the possibility of using the machine to perform all sorts of tasks beyond number crunching. In her inspired graphic history of Babbage and Lovelace, Sydney Padua describes Lovelace’s original contribution as one that is foundational to the field of computer science: “By manipulating symbols according to rules, any kind of information, not only numbers, can be operated on by automatic processes.” Lovelace had made the leap from calculation to computation. Padua describes the relationship between Babbage and Lovelace as complementary in computational terms. “The stubborn, rigid Babbage and mercurial, airy Lovelace embody the division between hardware and software.” Babbage built the mechanics and tinkered endlessly with the physical design; Lovelace was more interested in manipulating the machine’s basic functions using algorithmic formulas. They were, in essence, the first computer geeks.
- #10: Source: Isaacson, W. (2014). The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution [Kindle iOS version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com