The Bride of Science
Benjamin Woolley • 1999 • McGraw-Hill Companies
- Author
- Benjamin Woolley
- First published
- 1999
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Genres
- Biography · History
- Subjects
- Aristocracy (Social class) · Biography · Computers and women · Descendents
- ISBN
- 9780071373296
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The Bride of Science, published in 1999, serves as a dual biography of Ada Lovelace and her father, Lord Byron. Benjamin Woolley explores the intellectual environment of the early nineteenth century, examining how Lovelace’s upbringing, shaped by her mother’s obsession with mathematical rigor to suppress the 'poetic' influence of her father, ultimately led to her collaboration with Charles Babbage on the Analytical Engine.
Woolley’s work is noted for contextualizing Lovelace not merely as a romantic figure of the Victorian era, but as a pivotal mind in the history of computing. By weaving together the disparate threads of the Industrial Revolution, the era's fascination with science and mechanics, and the personal turbulence of the Byron family, the book offers a grounded look at how Lovelace conceptualized the potential of machines to manipulate symbols rather than just numbers.
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