Augusta Ada King, the Countess of Lovelace, is considered the world’s first computer programmer. Born Augusta Ada Byron, more commonly known as Ada Lovelace, she was an English mathematician who was mainly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what are recognized as the first theories for looping, Bernoulli numbers, and algorithms. Due to her contributions in programming, the computer programming language was named after her, “Ada”. Her mathematical talents were polished from childhood, and she is considered the mother of computer programming because of intellect stemmed from childhood.
Ada’s mathematical talents were cultivated at a young age due to her mother, Lady Milbanke. Ada was born December 10th, 1815 in London, United Kingdom. She was the only child of Lord George Gordon Byron and Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke. Ada’s parents divorced one month after Ada’s birth and she is considered the only legitimate child of Lord Byron. Her
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The result was that when he attempted to secure additional funding for the Analytical Engine, he was rejected. Babbage later received an audience with the Italian Scientific Academy, where he encouraged Luigi Menabrea to create an account of the Analytical Engine, which was finished in 1842. Menabrea’s account of the Analytical Engine was written in French, and in order to obtain any renown in England, the article had to be translated back, so Ada Lovelace translated the article during a nine-month period in 1842 to 1843. She translated the French text to English and added her own ideas and thoughts on the machine. Her notes were three times longer than the original article. It was published in 1843, in the English science journal. Her notes are the reason why she is considered the world’s first computer
According to Abigail Archer, who wrote Elizabeth I, during Edward’s reign, Elizabeth was treated affectionately by Edward, and he welcomed her on occasional visits to court. However, during Mary’s reign Elizabeth suffered. Abigail Archer suggest that “Mary’s attitude toward Elizabeth veered from friendship to suspicion and back.” (Archer n.p.) This could be for the reasons mentioned before, she did not trust her due to her faith after Elizabeth’s birth and that they believe in different religions.
Charles W. Akers was a history professor at Oakland University for many many years. He received his undergraduate degree from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts and master's and doctorate degrees from Boston University. Akers is an award winning author that wrote two other books and co-authored another. Akers was a member of the Colonial Society, the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and he was an Associate of Early American History and Culture. Abigail Adams: An American Woman was nominated for a Pulitzer prize and won the Colonial Dames of American Annual Book Award.
Augusta Savage during The Harlem Renaissance “What role do art and culture have in bringing awareness to social issues?” Augusta Savage was an African American artist that had a great impact during the Harlem Renaissance,her work helped develop many famous African American artists and she was the bridge between the first generation of artists and the ones who were coming. Augusta Savage was born on February 29, 1892, in Green cove Springs, FL, and died in March 1962, in New York, NY. Then, she became an important teacher, leader, and a catalyst for change.
Jane Addams life as a child was not easy, she had a congenital spinal defect which led to her never being physically strong and her father who served for sixteen years as a state senator and fought as an officer in the Civil War always showed that his thoughts of women were that they were weak, and especially her with her condition. But besides that she lived a very privileged life since her father had many famous friends like the president Abraham Lincoln. Jane was determined to get a good education which she ended up getting. She went to Rockford sanitary for women which is now called Rockford University and she also studied to be a doctor but had to quit because she was hospitalised too many times. Being sick affected her life very much so when she got older she remedied her spinal defect with surgery.
Who was Augusta Savage and what was the Harlem Renaissance,? The Harlem Renaissance was an extraordinarily creative and revolutionary era in American history. It was an artistic and intellectual movement that helped shape what we know as the U.S today. As for Augusta Savage she was incredible trailblazer who inspired many to bring political and social change through her art. That’s just barely scratching the surface of what the Harlem Renaissance and who Augusta Savage was though.
I’ve only played tennis once, Billie Jean King has played a countless amount of time and she helped out with equal rights in the process. Billie Jean King is undeniably courageous because because she was able to Persevere through her difficulties , she showed Excellence playing tennis, and she demonstrated Discipline while playing tennis when others didn’t . First, If she were to defeat Bobby Riggs, the triumph would be shared by every woman who knew she deserved equal pay, opportunities and respect. This shows perseverance because she knew that if she didn’t win then equal rights for women would be set back 20 years, so she had to practice everyday so she could have a chance at beating Bobby Riggs.
Not only does Adah have her own unique ways of thinking, but also she is very connected to poetry. She uses it often to connect her problems to other people, since she cannot always relate to those in her family. “Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me,” (Kingsolver 365). This
In 1912, motorized cameras were invented. Also in 1912, the tank was patented. Charles Franklin Kettering invented the first automobile electrical ignition system in 1911. Arthur Wynne invented crosswords in 1913.
Alan Turing: The Enigma is a scientific biography of one of the most brilliant minds in history. Andrew Hodges provides a detailed account of Alan’s life and shows his various contributions to history, mathematics, science etc. It also shows how instead of giving him an exceptional status he was forced to live a horrid life that ultimately led him to commit suicide. Andrew Hodges is a British mathematician, which helped him give a clear insight in Alan Turing’s life and his theories. The book opens up by describing Alan’s life in Britain and his family background.
She gave an example by comparing a computer software and a human’s mind working similar to one
Adah is very talented with language. This is showed in the early chapters when she quotes Emily Dickinson’s poem in her narrative or her ability to spell backward. Adah did not speak much until she got her limp fixed. She likes to read and write her own poems when she was in the Congo. Due to Adah ability to play with words, she helped reveal a lot of the profound connotations.
Also , one of the most important invention in that time is the invention of an adding machine that has been created by a Frenchmen by the name of Blaise Pascal. The adding machine is a type of mechanical machine that have been usually used for bookkeeping. Blaise Pascal , the inventor, is physicist, mathematician, inventor, writer and a Christian philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, and his father was a tax collector in Rouen (port in Northern
Turing himself unknown to him, created a great race to make a better and more complex artificial intelligence with this paper. The article since 1950 has been cited over 10,000 times. The way this article revolutionized has not been matched by any other paper in the computing world. Turing himself wore many hats in his life. He was mathematician, code breaker and computer scientist.
Turing proved himself to be a valuable genius and his contributions to designing the Bombe were significant during World War II, but he encountered disgrace when authorities revealed he was homosexual. Two years after he was convicted of “gross indecency”, he committed suicide by ingesting a lethal
Pranav Patil Computer Science STATEMENT OF PURPOSE INTRO I believe that the ability to invent, innovate and discover is what has propelled man to the echelons of success. Throughout my life, I have been driven by the desire to “create”, a capability that transcends the passive acquisition of knowledge. It is always the unknown path that has enthralled me more than known terrain. In a world where everything from fighter jets to elevators, interactive graphic displays to digital watches, is driven by computers, I found it difficult not to get fascinated by the technology involved.