The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron

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Archon Books, 1986 - Biography & Autobiography - 133 pages
This biography of Countess Lovelace, Augusta Ada Byron King (daughter of Lord and Lady Byron), examines the life of a gifted mathematician in a time when women simply didn't pursue mathematics.

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Contents

The Mathematical Milieu
17
Byronic Counterforces
52
The Notes
67
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