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A rare 175 year-old book containing the world's first computer algorithm by Ada Lovelace – mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron – has been sold at auction in England for £95,000 (US$125,000). Only ...

Her father was the celebrated Romantic poet Lord Byron. Afraid that she was “acting like her father,” her mother — who was “rational, respectable, and strict” — saw that her daughter got a world-class ...

A manuscript written by Ada Lovelace, who's considered by many to be the first computer programmer, was just sold at auction for more than $125,000, the Guardian reports. A first edition and just one ...

Should you come upon Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini (Dutton, 426 pp., ★★★½ out of four), consider yourself quite fortunate indeed. As with Chiaverini’s Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, ...

A book written 175 years ago by the world’s first computer programmer has just sold for £114,000 after being found in a box of junk. Only six copies of the 50-page “Sketch of the Analytical Engine” ...

Rare book by ‘world's first computer programmer’ – Byron's daughter – up £5,000 at auction AN ultra-rare book by the Victorian woman described as the “world's first computer programmer” is set to sell ...

Between 1842 and 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote an elaborate set of notes that are mind-blowing with regard to the concepts they contain. Between 1842 and 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote an elaborate set of notes ...

Today (9 October) marks Ada Lovelace Day, the annual event that celebrates the achievements of women in science and tech. Founded back in 2009, the day was inspired by Ada Lovelace who is considered ...

The book opens not in Silicon Valley, but in Dartmouth college in New Hampshire, US, on June 18, 1956. The day when the ...