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01690aam a2200313 i 4500 001 59078A38CAD211EDA0DB4A0F2CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230325010024 020 $a 172534226X 020 $a 9781725342262 040 $a JLG $e rda $d SILO 100 $a Lucas, Eileen, 245 $a Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace : $b the pen pals who imagined the first computer 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Rosen Publishing, $c [2021] 300 $a 80 pages ; $b HARDCOVER ; $c 24 pages ; 490 $a SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION : 520 $a Charles Babbage and Ada Byron met in 1833. He was a widowed forty-two-year-old scientist and inventor, who was trying to figure out how to get his Difference Engine built. She was the eighteen-year-old daughter of the poet Lord Byron and Lady Annabella Byron, whose marriage had disintegrated in Ada's youth. Through thoughtful narrative accompanied by direct quotes, readers will learn how in Babbage's plans for the Analytical Engine and Lovelace's algorithm lies the foundation of the computer hardware and software that would not be developed for another hundred plus years. 650 $a History 19th century $x Juvenile literature $y 1800-1899 600 $a Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 600 $a Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 650 $a Mathematicians $z Great Britain 650 $a Women mathematicians $z Great Britain 655 $a Juvenile Literature/Biography 700 $a Lucas, Eileen, 008 s2021 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021346.0 952 $l REPC017 $d 20230325010457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59078A38CAD211EDA0DB4A0F2CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search