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Ada Lovelace: The Life and Legacy of the Math Prodigy Who Pioneered Computer Science

By Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Steve Knupp
Unabridged — 1 hours, 26 minutes
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Although a recent movie revived interest in Alan Turing's achievements with computing during World War II, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace were the first to conceive the notion of a programmable and automatic universal computer, which, on top of its ability to calculate any mathematical equation at an unmatched speed, could also be used for a seemingly infinite number of other applications. In other words, they envisioned the precursor to the modern computer.

It was certainly an unusual pa...