ADA LOVELACE

Talented mathematic, pioneer in the programing of computers.

London. (10 dec 1815-27 nov 1852)

She studied literature, music and also astronomy and mathematics. In that aspect she was really privileged.

Thanks to her imagination, Ada was able to develop several concepts that are currently considered as visionaries. The most famous is the operation of what is now known as the computer algorithm. Ada took Bernoulli numbers as an example (an infinite series that plays an important role in number theory) to describe, with a diagram, the operations that the Babbage machine would have to perform to calculate them.

Amazing Ada also explained how that algorithm would be introduced in the machine, and described computer concepts such as "loop" (group of instructions that are executed several times) or "subroutine" (segment of a program that can be done at any time).

Another contribution was the concept of a universal machine, the idea of ​​an artifact that could be programmed and reprogrammed to perform various tasks. A real visionary!

Her discoveries were published in a scientific magazine. She signed with her initials to avoid the censorship of the time.

She is considered to be the first programmer in history, and her discoveries were key for the developing of technology which is essential nowadays. Without doubt a woman ahead of his time.

Sadly, she died of uterus cancer at the age of 36.

Ada broke gender roles very early showing that women could also be mathematics!(Men could not belive it)

           

Here there is more information about Ada by the Ada Lovelace Institute. Reliable and interesting.Very recomended!
https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/celebrating-ada-lovelace-day/