Meet ADA LOVELACE, the fast thinking mathematician. She predicted the power of computers long before they were even invented. Find out why her mum kept her away from her mega-famous celebrity dad; why she was mesmerised by mesmerism; and what she planned to do with a MASSIVE machine that weighed four tons and had 20,000 moving parts. Get to know ADA on First Name terms.

 

This book is part of a book series called First Names .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by David Fickling Books .

Ben Jeapes is the author of two previous science fiction novels, His Majesty's Starship and Winged Chariot. He runs his own science fiction publishing company, Big Engine, and lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Nick Ward is the author of Giant and Ride the Black Horse, both published by Oxford.