Ada Lovelace Quotes


I find that nothing but very close and intense application to subjects of a scientific nature now seems at all to keep my imagination from running wild, or to stop up the void which seems to be left in my mind from a want of excitement.


Citations

Lovelace, Ada. Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer. Edited by Betty A. Toole, Strawberry Press, 1992, p. 57.

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Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
  • Born: December 10, 1815
  • Died: November 27, 1852
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Mathematician

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. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as one of the first computer programmers.