Ada Lovelace: Bride of Science
12 March 2015Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron was born in 1815 just after the Battle of Waterloo, and died aged 36, soon after the Great Exhibition of 1851. She was connected with some of the most influential and colourful characters of the age: Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. It was her work with Babbage that led...
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12 March 2015432 pages
9781447277798Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Woolley has a great story to tell and does it with racy vigourMaggie Gee, Daily Telegraph
A splendid and enthralling portraitMiranda Seymour, Sunday Times
An amazing storyIndependent
An entertaining and thoughtful biographyGuardian
