Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace

Charles Babbage and Ada Byron met in 1833. He was a widowed forty-two-year-old scientist and inventor, who was trying to figure out how to get his Difference Engine built. She was the eighteen-year-old daughter of the poet Lord Byron and Lady Annabella Byron, whose marriage had disintegrated in Ada''s youth. Through thoughtful narrative accompanied by direct quotes, readers will learn how in Babba...