A century before the dawn of the computer age, Ada Lovelace imagined the modern-day, general-purpose computer. It could be programmed to follow instructions, she wrote in 1843. It could not just ...

Alison Owen and Debra Hayward's upstart indie also is working with The Science & Entertainment Exchange to develop the film about the computer science visionary and daughter of Lord Byron. By Alex ...

A statue of pioneering 19th Century mathematician Ada Lovelace has been installed in the town near her childhood home.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Young Ada Lovelace was introduced to English society as the sole (legitimate) child of scalawag ...

Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for girls ...

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, known as Lady Ada Lovelace, was a groundbreaking visionary in the fields of mathematics and the earliest forms of computer science. Her achievements affect all ...

Ada Lovelace Day, founded in 2009, is a time to celebrate the work of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields. She is considered influential enough that she was the subject of one of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Someone encountering an “Analytical Engine” ...

Her father was the celebrated Romantic poet Lord Byron. Afraid that she was “acting like her father,” her mother — who was “rational, respectable, and strict” — saw that her daughter got a world-class ...