Ada's Ideas: The Story of ADA Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer

by Fiona Robinson

Book Overview

Award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson's picture book biography Ada's Ideas is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.

Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's "mad" love of poetry. But Ada remained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141971872X
• ISBN13: 9781419718724
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4