December 10th is reserved to Ada Lovelace

December 10th is reserved to Ada Lovelace
I'm late...like always, but on December10th 1815, British mathematician Ada Lovelace was born in London.
Lovelace demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for the sciences, and as a teenager became friends with mathematician Charles Babbage, who became her mentor. Babbage is best known for designing plans for the first forerunner to the computer, an Analytical Engine which would perform complex mathematical calculations.

While translating an article on the device from French, Lovelace added her own notes and ideas on how to develop the machine; her work was published in a science journal in 1843. This article, which introduced theories on computer coding and included the first algorithm, has led historians to consider Lovelace the first computer programmer.

This remarkable woman - whom Babbage called ‘The Enchantress of Numbers’ - passed away in 1852,  suffering from uterine cancer. Ada Lovelace is one of many pioneering scientists who have not received their due from history simply because of their gender. However, since her work was rediscovered in the mid-twentieth century by computer scientists like Alan Turing, efforts have been made to reassert Lovelace into her proper place in the history of computing.

This endeavor is spearheaded by the Ada Lovelace Day campaign, who are dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in STEM.

BIO:
http://findingada.com/about/who-was-ada/

Reference:
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/ada-bio.html

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