Charles and Ada : the computer's most passionate partnership /: the computer's most passionate partnership. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Charles and Ada : the computer's most passionate partnership /: the computer's most passionate partnership. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Charles and Ada : the computer's most passionate partnership
- 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.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.792167
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- 21_007.xml