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” ...

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

Tuesday marks Ada Lovelace Day, designated to celebrate the woman who is widely regarded as the world's first computer programmer and original BAMF for her work in the early 1800s. Born in 1815, ...

Ada Lovelace, arguably the first computer programmer, was born 200 years ago today. She worked with Charles Babbage on one of the earliest computers in 1843. A portrait of Ada Lovelace by Margaret ...

My favourite Financial Times journalists are Lucy Kellaway and Gillian Tett. And I can’t help wondering if it is coincidental that both are women… Maybe, but maybe not. Neither of their approaches are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The first programmable computer—if it were built—would have been a gigantic, mechanical thing clunking along with gears and levers and punch cards. That was the vision for Analytical Engine devised by ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Many of the first computer programmers were women. In fact, the very first computer programmer in the world was Ada Lovelace, the daughter of famous poet Lord Byron.