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Ada Lovelace Day, founded in 2009, is a time to celebrate the work of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields. She is considered influential enough that she was the subject of one of ...

Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for girls ...

Many fields of science have a foundational document: Isaac Newton’s Principia for the physics of classical mechanics, for example, or Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species for evolutionary biology ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Someone encountering an “Analytical Engine” ...

In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

Whether it’s an app, a software feature, or an interface element, programmers possess the magical ability to create something new out of virtually nothing. Just give them the hardware and a coding ...

From 1832, when she was 17, Ada’s remarkable mathematical abilities began to emerge, and her interest in mathematics dominated her life even after her marriage in 1835 to William King, 8th Baron King, ...

In her recently released book "Broad Band", Claire L. Evans wants readers to learn about women who have been forgotten in tech history. Ada Lovelace may not be a household name like Steve Jobs but she ...

Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician ...