ADA Lovelace (Women in Science)

by Nick Pierce (Author) Isobel Lundie (Illustrator)

ADA Lovelace (Women in Science)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Every time you play a computer game or talk with a friend on your smartphone, you can only do so because of the pioneering work by Ada Lovelace.

Women in Science series takes a highly visual approach to telling the stories of important women scientists. Features include bite-sized text telling the story of a scientist's life, groundbreaking works, and legacy for young readers (Ages 7-8). Ada Lovelace's brilliant talent for mathematics and huge imagination helped to pave the way for the invention of the computer software that powers the world around us. Her work was groundbreaking. Unlike her poet father Lord Byron, she was not a famous figure during her lifetime. However, she became known to those who knew her as the "enchantress of numbers."

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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780531235348
Lexile Measure
1000
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Publication date
September 20, 2019
Series
Women in Science
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF012000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Computers | General
Library of Congress categories
History
19th century
Great Britain
Computers
Mathematicians
Lovelace, Ada King
Women mathematicians

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