Ada Lovelace Poster

Ada Lovelace's portrait is the first piece in our Computer Science Pioneers collection. 

Who Was Ada Lovelace?

Ada Lovelace was a 19th-century British visionary, science writer, mathematician, and the first person to see the true potential of Charles Babbage’s “Analytical Engine” (proposed mechanical general-purpose computer). In her notes on it, she explained how it would work, recognized different ways the engine could follow patterns (other than pure calculations), and showed the first-ever algorithm for doing such a thing. For that, the world named her the first programmer in history.

Designed with Style and Passion

Using handwritten calculations, cogs, gears, and other machinery parts as symbols of her interests and work, we wanted to highlight the fact she was a true genius of her era.

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