WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN'T BE COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS? : THE STORY OF ADA LOVELACE
New York : Chisty Ottaviano Books, 2018
IL K-3, RL 4.1
ISBN 978-1-62779-299-8
Many people think that computers are a fairly recent invention. Well, would you believe me if I told you that the first "computer" was invented in the early 1800s? It was invented but not built. A young woman by the name of Ada Byron saw the potential in this new machine and started creating "software" that would run on the machine. Ada's mother was afraid that she was too flighty as a child and pushed math on her. Little did she know that it was the combination of Ada's imagination and her math skills that lead to her becoming the first computer programmer. At least on paper.
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