Charles and Ada : the computer's most passionate partnership /: the computer's most passionate partnership. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Essinger.
• Authors: Essinger, James, 1957-
• Contents: Britain transformed -- Boyhood -- Cambridge days, and Ada is born -- Family matters -- The epiphany that changed Charles' and Ada's lives -- 1827: Charles' year of disaster -- Ada dreams of a flying machine -- The solitary widower -- 'On the economy of machinery and manufactures' -- Charles and Ada meet -- The remarkable Ada Byron -- A fresh tragedy; the analytical engine; and Ada's marriage -- Dabbling in politics -- A stage play that held up a mirror to Charles' heart -- Ada the fairy -- Enchanted - Last days -- So why did Charles and Ada fail?
• Publisher Details: Cheltenhaam, Gloucestershire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 510.92241; Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Women mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Mathématiciens -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies; Mathématiciennes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies; Relations with men; Mathematicians; Relations with women; Women mathematicians; Great Britain; Biography; Biographies; Biographies; Biographies; Relations with women; Relations with men
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750992862; 0750992867
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.