Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
| Main Author: | Wallmark, Laurie (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Chu, April (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
Creston Books, LLC.,
[2015]
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781939547200 (hardcover) 1939547202 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
April Chu began her career as an architect with a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, but decided to return to her true passion of illustrating and storytelling. She lives and works in Oakland, California. Her previous book, In a Village by the Sea, is also a Creston title and received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, as well as a rave review from the New York Times and Fuse #8. Learn more about her at aprilchu.com. |