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Zusatztext Stanley delivers a breezy but insightful overview of the curiosity and determination that drove Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) to pursue her intellectual passions! tracing her childhood dreams of flight! her friendship and working relationship with Charles Babbage! and her pioneering programming work in service of promoting Babbage’s Analytical Machine. Hartland keeps the mood light in loopy gouache cartoons that humorously portray Lovelace as the creative and intelligent product of parents “as different as chalk and cheese”; in facing family portraits! the “rational! respectable! and strict” Lady Byron stares uncomfortably at her husband! Lord Byron! who looks rakish in multiple senses of the word. An author’s note and timeline conclude a thoroughly engaging look at a trailblazing mathematical mind. Informationen zum Autor Diane Stanley is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty books for children, noted especially for her award-winning picture book biographies. She and Jessie Hartland have collaborated on Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science , which was named an ALA Notable Book and an Amelia Bloomer Top Ten Book; Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution , which Booklist called “lively” in a starred review; and The High-Flying, Deep-Diving Adventures of Kathy Sullivan . Diane is the recipient of The Washington Post /Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for her body of work. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can visit her at DianeStanley.com. Jessie Hartland is the author and illustrator of many nonfiction titles for young readers, including Our Flag Was Still There , which was named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. The New York Times praised her “joyful folk-art illustrations” in Harlem Grown , written by Tony Hillery. She has painted murals at a Japanese amusement park, designed Christmas windows for Bloomingdale’s, and put her mark on ceramics, watches, and all sorts of other things. She has done drawings for many magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times , Travel and Leisure Family Club, Martha Stewart Kids , and Bon Appétit . She lives in New York City. Visit her at JessieHartland.com. Klappentext Beautifully illustrated biography of Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer. Zusammenfassung Beautifully illustrated biography of Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer....
