ADA Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Laurie Wallmark, April Chu (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2015-10-13Pages:36
Language:EnglishPublisher:Creston BooksISBN-13:9781939547200ISBN-10:1939547202UPC:9781939547200Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Computers, Language ArtsBook Topic:Science & Technology, Coding & ProgrammingAward:2016 Cook Prize Finalist - Picture Book AwardSize:11.10 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCXR970BGT
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world's first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Creston BooksISBN-13:9781939547200ISBN-10:1939547202UPC:9781939547200Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Computers, Language ArtsBook Topic:Science & Technology, Coding & ProgrammingAward:2016 Cook Prize Finalist - Picture Book AwardSize:11.10 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCXR970BGT
Laurie Wallmark has published stories in Highlights, Cricket, and other children's magazines. When not writing, she teaches computer science. Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine is her first book. Visit her blog at lauriewallmark.com. April Chu began her career as an architect with a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, but decided to return to her true passion of illustrating and storytelling. She lives and works in Oakland, California. Her previous book, In a Village by the Sea, is also a Creston title and received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, as well as a rave review from the New York Times and Fuse #8. Learn more about her at aprilchu.com.
Publisher: Creston Books
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🏆 2016 Cook Prize Finalist - Picture Book Award
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