Few nineteenth century inventions have had as much influence on modern technology as Charles Babbage’s calculating engines, ...

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Ada Lovelace is having a moment. The Victorian mathematician and proto-computer programmer has long been one of precious few historical role models for scientifically inclined young girls; but as the ...

Lovelace, the daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron, has been widely described as the world's first computer programmer, because of her work with inventor Charles Babbage on his idea for an "analytical ...

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women's History Month.

Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with a color printed letterhead and the word "Lundi." Charles Babbage KH FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and ...

Street art honouring a pioneering engineer has been painted over by council workers who had been tasked with removing St George's flag graffiti. The artwork in Reading honoured Ada Lovelace, who is ...