Lady Annabella’s marriage to Byron was short-lived, ending just weeks after Ada’s birth. Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron (commonly known as Lady Annabella) was an aristocratic woman who believed that engaging her daughter in rigorous studies would override any tendencies towards the less desirable artistic characteristics she may have inherited from her father, the romantic poet Lord Byron. Female achievement backed by female beliefĪda Lovelace’s achievements in the male-dominated field of maths and science are not only inspiring in their own right but were made possible by another pioneering woman – Ada’s mother. That this pioneer was also a woman, who achieved all this by the age of 36 and whose scientific and mathematical education was designed primarily to prevent her from developing any moody and volatile artistic traits that may be in her genetic make-up, is really quite remarkable.Īda Lovelace was a true trailblazer in the field of mathematics and a clear demonstration that women could excel, given the opportunity. Little does she realize how her exciting new friendship with Charles Babbage-the brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly inventor of an extraordinary machine, the Difference Engine-will define her destiny.Įnchantress of Numbers unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computing-a young woman who stepped out of her father's shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.A mathematician, considered to be the first computer programmer, and who mused upon the possibilities of artificial intelligence as early as the mid-1800s would be considered ground-breaking. When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Any troubling spark of imagination-or worse yet, passion or poetry-is promptly extinguished. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. But her mathematician mother, estranged from Ada's infamous and destructively passionate father, is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter and the world's first computer progammer. Chiaverini makes a convincing case that Ada Byron King is a woman worth celebrating."-USA Today consider yourself quite fortunate indeed.
"Cherished Reader, Should you come upon Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini.
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