Ada's Algorithm : How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age

from Foretopman

I've known about Ada Byron Lovelace since the late '70s, and haven't ever read a biography of her, so I really wanted to like this book. But I wasn't able to finish it. Even after I had put it away in disgust, I picked it back up again, saying, 'maybe it deserves a second chance.' Well, I only go...

from andycyca

This book left me quite unsatisfied, but I can't put my finger on why. I feel that the book discusses Ada Lovelace's peers and times more than her own contributions, and then only in a rather shallow way. I might be wrong about it, though. The author makes sure to make his sources explicit. It ma...

from KarenDuff

Ada's story is really interesting and deserves to be told,however this book doesn't do it justice. The writing is appalling,and whoever proof read this should be fired. I don't expect proof readers to be experts in the subject but I do expect them to be able to string a sentence together.

from john257hopper

Ada Lovelace, together with Charles Babbage, were early 19th century pioneers of the ideas behind what became the computer revolution a century after they lived. The author's central thesis is that Ada's contribution was neglected at the time, and to a large extent subsequently, due to her sex. I...