{"id":8282,"date":"2014-10-14T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=8282"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:10:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:10:03","slug":"ada-lovelace-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/14\/ada-lovelace-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today (Oct. 14, 2014) is\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>International Ada Lovelace Day<\/strong>, a celebration of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1833, Lovelace met\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Charles Babbage<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0for the first time. She was inspired by his Difference Engine, eager to expand upon his ideas. She and Babbage exchanged letters from\u00c2\u00a0June 10, 1835 to August 12, 1852.\u00c2\u00a0Just to give you a little perspective, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t until 1834 that the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/span>scientist<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was coined by<\/span>William Whewell<\/strong>. Ada referred to her work as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153poetical science.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 1842,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Luigi Federico Menabrea\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>published an article about Babbage\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Analytical Engine in\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>Lovelace translated it and added her own notes, about 20,000 words, to the 8,000 word piece. Published in 1843, her notes include a much deeper understanding of the potential for Babbage\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s machine, including the suggestion that it was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153capable of executing not merely arithmetical calculations, but even all those of analysis.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ada Lovelace Day \u00c2\u00bb MobyLives<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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