{"product_id":"dreaming-in-code-ada-byron-lovelace-computer-pioneer-9781536228236","title":"Dreaming in Code: ADA Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Written with grace and intelligence, researched with care. . . . Sure to inspire a new generation of pioneers.\" --\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a kindred spirit. Their ensuing collaborations resulted in ideas and concepts that presaged computer programming by almost two hundred years, and Ada Lovelace is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age. Award-winning author Emily Arnold McCully opens the window on a peculiar and singular intellect, shaped -- and hampered -- by history, social norms, and family dysfunction. The result is a portrait that is at once remarkable and fascinating, tragic and triumphant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536228236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e502363 \/ Dreaming in Code: ADA Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily Arnold McCully","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42406042927285,"sku":"9781536228236","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eb0c0aea-0725-4a9e-80e2-5167f83702e5.jpg?v=1664285495","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dreaming-in-code-ada-byron-lovelace-computer-pioneer-9781536228236","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}