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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 1
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"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
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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 child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education...
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 2
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"The Wollstonecraft detectives (Mary Shelley & Ada Lovelace) tackle their second case, this time involving a horrible hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement and a client who can't be trusted."--
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 3
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When a dinosaur fossil hunter is blackmailed by kidnappers who need her to fake a validation in return of her beloved pooch, Ada and Mary are given three days to find the offenders and save the scientist's reputation.
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 4
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Ada and Mary take on the case of young Princess Alexandrina Victoria's missing diary.
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"Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe....
12) Ada Lovelace
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Presents information about Ada Lovelace, from her childhood in England and her studies in mathematics to her development of the first computer programming language.
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Over 150 years after her death, a widely-used scientific computer program was named "Ada," after Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth century's version of a rock star, Lord Byron. Why? Because, after computer pioneers such as Alan Turing began to rediscover her, it slowly became apparent that she had been a key but overlooked figure in the invention of the computer. Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started...
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"Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Her work spread awareness of what an early computer could do"--
"Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She became one of the biggest believers in engineer Charles Babbage's ideas for...
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The 21st Century Junior Library Women Innovators series highlights the contributions of women to STEM fields. Ada Lovelace and Computer Algorithms examines the life of this important woman and her contributions to computer science. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. Full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience....
17) Ada Lovelace
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Presents the life of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, who became a gifted mathematician and who together with Charles Babbage developed an analytic engine that was the world's first computer.
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"Known as "The Enchantress of Numbers" by many inventors and mathematicians of the 19th century, Ada Lovelace is recognized today as history's first computer programmer. Her work was an inspiration to such famous minds as Charles Babbage and Alan Turing. This is her story"--
20) Ada Lovelace
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of mathematician and computer programmer Ada Lovelace in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline, primary sources, and informative backmatter."--
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