First Names: Ada (Lovelace)

Description

Author: Jeapes, Ben, Ward, Nick

People & places (Children’s / Teenage)

Published on 3 October 2019 by David Fickling Books in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the First Names’ series.

Paperback | 144 pages
129 x 196 x 11 | 132g

Meet ADA LOVELACE, the fast thinking mathematician. She predicted the power of computers long before they were even invented.

Find out:- Why her mum kept her away from her mega-famous celebrity dad;- Why she was mesmerised by mesmerism- And what she planned to do with a MASSIVE machine that weighed four tons and had 20,000 moving parts. Get to know ADA on First Name terms.