Meet ADA LOVELACE, the fast thinking mathematician. She predicted the power of computers long before they were even invented.
Find out:
- Why her mum kept her away from her mega-famous celebrity dad;
- Why she was mesmerised by mesmerism
- And what she planned to do with a MASSIVE machine that weighed four tons and had 20,000 moving parts.
Get to know ADA on First Name terms.
This is Book 6 in the First Names Series. See all First Names books here.
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Ben Jeapes is the author of two previous science fiction novels, His Majesty's Starship and Winged Chariot. He runs his own science fiction publishing company, Big Engine, and lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
More about Ben JeapesNick Ward is the creator of several hugely popular picture books for children. Don't Eat the Teacher!, published by Scholastic, has sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into numerous languages. Nick is also the writer and illustrator of the action-packed Charlie Small series. Nick lives and works in the country and his studio is an
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