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I knew nothing about Ada Lovelace going into this and now I want to read everything I can about her. This book covers her life from birth to death, including a prologue detailing the passionate, but doomed, marriage between her mother and father (poet Lord Byron). Chiaverini writes in a way that even the sections describing Ada's mathematical and scientific contributions to society don't feel like a lecture or chapter from a textbook.
mrsmarch I saw the title and before I got further said “Please be Ada!” My husband is in IT and I couldn‘t convince him to name either of our daughters Ada. 🤷🏼♀️ 6y