These days, we back up every email we send without even thinking about it, and we look to our computers to tell us the weather rather than looking outside. Today’s teenagers will never know a world ...

This Thursday, Dec. 10, is the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, a pioneer in the discipline of computer science. Tutored from childhood in mathematics and logic, at 17 Lovelace was introduced to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

Ada Lovelace was a visionary who first recognized the potential of computer programming. Almost two centuries on, six women in computer science and technology reflect on their experiences in the field ...

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 ...

The second Tuesday in October is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate and encourage the accomplishments of women in science, technology, and engineering. But who was Ada Lovelace? She wrote the first ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. At a time when education for most women was still hard to come by, Ada Lovelace — born Augusta Ada Byron in ...

Watercolor portrait of Ada Byron Lovelace. By Alfred Edward Chalon – Science Museum Group. Via Wikipedia. Augusta Ada Byron King was the only legitimate child of legendary Romantic poet Lord Byron.

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 ...