Enchantress of numbers a novel of Ada Lovelace

The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada's father, who was infamously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Ada's mathematician mother is determined to save her only ch...

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Main Author: Chiaverini, Jennifer (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
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