Imagen 1 de 3
Galería
Imagen 1 de 3
¿Quieres vender uno?
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Laun, Essinger..
USD9,07
Aproximadamente7,83 EUR
o Mejor oferta
Costaba USD12,95 (30% de descuento)
Estado:
En buen estado
Libro que se ha leído pero que está en buen estado. Daños mínimos en la tapa, incluidas rozaduras, pero sin roturas ni agujeros. Es posible que no incluya sobrecubierta para tapas duras. Tapa muy poco desgastada. La mayoría de las páginas están en buen estado con muy pocas arrugas o roturas. El texto subrayado a lápiz es prácticamente inexistente, no hay texto resaltado ni anotaciones en los márgenes. No faltan páginas. Consulta el anuncio del vendedor para obtener más información y la descripción de cualquier posible imperfección.
La oferta finaliza en: 1 d 1 h
2 disponibles
- ¡Cómpralo ya!Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Laun, Essinger..
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Envío:
Gratis USPS Media MailTM.
Ubicado en: Taylorsville, Georgia, Estados Unidos
Entrega:
Entrega prevista entre el mié. 6 ago. y el mié. 13 ago. a 94104
Devoluciones:
No se aceptan devoluciones.
Pagos:
Compra con confianza
El vendedor asume toda la responsabilidad de este anuncio.
N.º de artículo de eBay:184538063039
Última actualización el 23 ago 2024 07:18:16 H.EspVer todas las actualizacionesVer todas las actualizaciones
Características del artículo
- Estado
- PublishedOn
- 2016-10-13
- ISBN
- 9781783340712
Acerca de este producto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Global Books
ISBN-10
1783340711
ISBN-13
9781783340712
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038671258
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ada's Algorithm : How Twenty-One-Year-Old Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Women, Cultural Heritage, Hardware / Mobile Devices, General, Women's Studies, History, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Computers, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2016-436004
Reviews
Anyone who thinks [Lovelace's] famous contribution to computer science is overrated, should read James Essinger's new biography... This concise and readable account gives Lovelace's work the respect it deserves.'-Engineering and Technology Magazine; 'Entertaining and illuminating.'-Times Literary Supplement; 'Essinger displays not only verve and affection ... but also great scholarship.'-Times Educational Supplement; 'The story [that] might have kick-started the computer age a century sooner.'-Independent on Sunday; 'First lady of computers... what mark Ada might have made.'; -Sunday Express; 'Appealing.'-BBC Focus Magazine; '[An] engrossing biography.'-New York Times Book Review; 'A tantalizing topic... The story of a society proceeding irrevocably but ambivalently into the modern age, enthralled by advances in science and technology, adapting to new social mores, and yet still beholden to many antiquated traditions.'; -Wall Street Journal; 'Essinger is a terrific storyteller, and he knows a great story when he sees it. Ada's Algorithm is a riveting read.'-American Scientist; 'A fine new Lovelace biography... We need her as a symbol...of all the women who have contributed to the progress of science and technology, and of all the women who might have contributed if given the chance.'; -Slate; 'Readers are treated to an intimate portrait of Lovelace's short but significant life along with an abbreviated history of 19th-century high-society London.'-New Criterion; 'Irresistible ... If more people could have understood Babbage's machine the way Lovelace did - indeed, if they had not all but ignored her paper, perhaps because the author was a woman - computing might have had a far earlier start.'; -Chicago Tribune; 'A revealing firsthand look into Ada's life and her relationship with Babbage, relying heavily on their journal entries and letters to each other... One of the most innovative minds of the 19th century.'-Boston Globe; 'Stepping out of the long shadow of Lord Byron's legacy, Essinger follows the visionary mind of Lovelace as she, applying her educated mind to the 'Analytical Engine,' creates the first recognized algorithm and casts a shadow on modern technology as long as her father's on poetry.'-Biographile, Required Reading; '[Essinger] presents Ada's story with great enthusiasm and rich detail... Ada continues to inspire, and by using her own voice via letters and research, the author brings her to life for a new generation of intrepid female innovators. A robust, engaging and exciting biography.'-Kirkus Reviews; 'Absorbing... Essinger's tome is undergirded by academic research, but it is the author's prose, both graceful and confident, that will draw in a general readership. Readers are treated to an intimate portrait of Lovelace's short but significant life...along with an abbreviated history of 19th-century high-society London.'-Publishers Weekly; 'The author provides an engaging...look at [Lovelace's] parents' romance, her childhood, her lifelong fascination with mathematics, and, mostly, her friendship with [Charles Babbage].'; -Booklist; 'unfolding, generating a sense of place, time, drama and, at times, delectable gossip.'-PC Magazine; 'The biography contains just the kind of moments of triumph I like to read about: Ada overcoming obstacles to get an education and make genius contributions to science.'-Bitch Magazine; 'Essinger describes [Lovelace's] life with obvious respect, perhaps admiration, but also with a careful sense of journalistic objectivity and precision.'-Geeky Library; 'A portrait of a particularly fascinating woman.'-Jezebel; 'A window on the life of one of the world's first celebrity scientists.'-io9
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
510.92 B
Table Of Content
Preface1 Poetic Beginnings2 Lord Byron: A Scandalous Ancestry3 Annabella: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes4 The Manor of Parallelograms5 The Art of Flying6 Love7 Silken Threads8 When Ada Met Charles9 The Thinking Machine10 Kinship11 Mad Scientist12 The Analytical Engine13 The Jacquard Loom14 A Mind with a View15 Ada's Offer to Babbage16 The Enchantress of Number17 A Horrible Death18 RedemptionAfterwordNotesAcknowledgementsIndex
Synopsis
" Ada Lovelace], like Steve Jobs, stands at the intersection of arts and technology."--Walter Isaacson, author of The Innovators 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. In Ada Lovelace , James Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started two centuries ago if Lovelace's contemporaries had recognized her research and fully grasped its implications. It's a remarkable tale, starting with the outrageous behavior of her father, which made Ada instantly famous upon birth. Ada would go on to overcome numerous obstacles to obtain a level of education typically forbidden to women of her day. She would eventually join forces with Charles Babbage, generally credited with inventing the computer, although as Essinger makes clear, Babbage couldn't have done it without Lovelace. Indeed, Lovelace wrote what is today considered the world's first computer program--despite opposition that the principles of science were "beyond the strength of a woman's physical power of application." Based on ten years of research and filled with fascinating characters and observations of the period, not to mention numerous illustrations, Essinger tells Ada's fascinating story in unprecedented detail to absorbing and inspiring effect. From the Hardcover edition., Ada's Algorithm tells the extraordinary story of Ada Lovelace, who wrote the world's first algorithm over two hundred years ago. Unlike her male contemporaries, she foresaw its immense potential to create the digital age James Essinger argues. Based on exhaustive archival research, this riveting biography beautifully captures the brilliance of her mind. From her turbulent parents Lord and Lady Byron, to leading scientists and world-famous novelists, such as Charles Dickens and Walter Scott, her life was full of fascinating characters. Even so, this inspirational scientist only narrowly escaped oblivion., Through the infamous divorce of her parents, Ada Lovelace became the most talked-about child in Georgian Britain. This riveting biography tells the extraordinary yet little known story of her life and times-when mathematics was as fashionable as knitting among women and Ada became the world's first computer programmer. But for her era's view on ......, Through the infamous divorce of her parents, Ada Lovelace became the most talked-about child in Georgian Britain. This riveting biography tells the extraordinary yet little known story of her life and times-when mathematics was as fashionable as knitting among women and Ada became the world's first computer programmer. But for her era's view on gender, Ada would single-handedly have started the digital age more than two centuries ago., Real-life story of a woman's struggle to have her revolutionary ideas heard in a male-dominated 19th Century Britain. Originally published in 2015, this is an updated edition with new material. Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the dangerous romantic poet whose name was a byword for scandal. Over the past decades, Ada Lovelace herself has become a surprise underground star for digital pioneers all over the world, starting with Alan Turing, but also for female scientists in general. Ada's Algorithm tells the story of Ada Lovelace's turbulent private life as the poet's daughter and her exceptional achievement. It traces how her scientific peers failed to recognize the extraordinary breakthrough she made in the middle of the 19th century. If they had, the computer age could have started almost two centuries ago. Today her fame continues to grow and may soon rival her father's, a tribute to her singular determination and inspiring personality.
LC Classification Number
QA29
Descripción del artículo del vendedor
Acerca de este vendedor
Japhia's Discount Outlet
99,4% de votos positivos•6,4 mil artículos vendidos
Registrado como vendedor particularPor tanto, no se aplican los derechos de los consumidores derivados de las leyes de protección de los consumidores de la UE. La Garantía al cliente de eBay sigue aplicando a la mayoría de compras. Más informaciónMás información
Categorías populares de esta tienda
Votos de vendedor (2.194)
- a***i (726)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Últimos 6 mesesCompra verificadaGreat Price - Great Seller - Case arrived in new condition and was packaged perfectly! Recommended Seller ... Thank You!!!
- n***- (185)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Mes pasadoCompra verificadaItem was exactly as described. Shipping was okay. Overall a really good seller A+.
- 1***b (582)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Mes pasadoCompra verificadaA++ Seller Thank you, fast shipping. As promiised. Great to do business with.
Japhia's Discount Outlet
99,4% de votos positivos•6,4 mil artículos vendidos
Registrado como vendedor particularPor tanto, no se aplican los derechos de los consumidores derivados de las leyes de protección de los consumidores de la UE. La Garantía al cliente de eBay sigue aplicando a la mayoría de compras. Más informaciónMás información
Categorías populares de esta tienda
Votos de vendedor (2.194)
- a***i (726)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Últimos 6 mesesCompra verificadaGreat Price - Great Seller - Case arrived in new condition and was packaged perfectly! Recommended Seller ... Thank You!!!
- n***- (185)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Mes pasadoCompra verificadaItem was exactly as described. Shipping was okay. Overall a really good seller A+.
- 1***b (582)- Votos emitidos por el comprador.Mes pasadoCompra verificadaA++ Seller Thank you, fast shipping. As promiised. Great to do business with.