Ada Lovelace Was A Badass
Genius, playboy, daredevil. Google celebrates the innovator’s 197th birthday with a lovely doodle.
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Ada Lovelace Was A Badass
Krutika Mallikarjuna
1. It’s rumored her hatred for poets and love of abacuses started young.
Source: harkavagrant.com
2. And then those abacuses turned her into the world’s first computer programmer.
Source: sydneypadua.com
3. After she met Charles Babbage.
The English mathematician and writer created the first algorithm for Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Source: sydneypadua.com
4. Also her floral headresses brought all the academics to the yard.
In early 1833 Ada had an affair with a tutor, which was the first the the many sexually liberated scandals that followed her through the years.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
5. And she was fond of the gaming tables.
She even formed a gambling syndicate with some friends to try and perfect a successful mathematical model for large bets.
Source: sydneypadua.com
7. And she’s so epic that even Google took a moment to applaud her today.
Happy 197th birthday Ada!
Source: google.com
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